Academy sponsor led · Essex

Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery

3–11Ages
234Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144823URN

Brookside, Harlow, CM19 5NJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.9 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

41 applications for 28 places · 338th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

73%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 17 March 2026Published 10 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard
Inclusion			Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching			Expected standard
Achievement			Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour			Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing			Expected standard
Early years		Strong standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance			Expected standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

17 March 2026
Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
23 November 2021
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.9 below Essex median (2.4) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

41 applications · 28 places offered · 26 named it first

2026 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
2022 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
2021 2.0; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
2019 1.5; Essex median median 2.5
2018 1.6; Essex median median 2.5
2017 1.4; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
2016 1.5; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 1.8; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 1.6; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Essex median in 0 of 9 years.

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Katherines Primary School (URN 115245), the previous school.

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	28	41	1.5	26	0.93
Sep 2025	26	51	2.0	23	0.88
Sep 2024	30	55	1.8	29	0.97
Sep 2023	30	62	2.1	37	1.23
Sep 2022	26	36	1.4	24	0.92
Sep 2021	27	53	2.0	26	0.96
Sep 2020	27	50	1.9	26	0.96
Sep 2019	31	47	1.5	29	0.94
Sep 2018	24	39	1.6	23	0.96
Sep 2017 *	27	38	1.4	26	0.96
Sep 2016 *	37	54	1.5	31	0.84
Sep 2015 *	41	73	1.8	36	0.88
Sep 2014 *	36	58	1.6	29	0.81

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 75% · Maths 75% → all three 73% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard73%110th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard80%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard30%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard75%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth10%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard28%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Essex median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	73%	8%	108	106
2023/24	67%	10%	108	107
2022/23	75%	18%	110	107

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Katherines Primary Academy and NurseryThis school
This school

2026

1.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Jerounds Primary Academy
0.8 km · Essex

Good2022

2.2applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Water Lane Primary Academy
1.0 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

1.2applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
St Luke's Catholic Academy
1.1 km · Essex

Good2023

1.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Milwards Primary School and Nursery
1.3 km · Essex

Good2023

2.3applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery
1.4 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

2.9applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
Kingsmoor Academy
1.4 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Abbotsweld Primary Academy
1.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.0applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
St James Church of England Primary School
1.9 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 53%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144823 · 881/2162
Trust: Net Academies Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 234 on roll
Free school meals: 27.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 July 2017
Replaced: Katherines Primary School (URN 115245)
Address: Brookside, Harlow, CM19 5NJ
Local authority: Essex · Harlow

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources