Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery

EssexCommunity school

Little Grove Field, Harlow, CM19 4BU

Headteacher: Mr Neil Malcolm CosterSchool website ↗Pupils: 456 (capacity: 420)
Ofsted Outstanding
Inspected January 2020
Oversubscribed
68% of first-choice applicants offered a place
85%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Outstanding
Inspected January 2020
68%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 14 January 2020Full report ↗

Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Outstanding across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
85.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
13.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 93%·Writing 87%·Maths 95%All three 85%
Reading
Expected93%
Exceeding53%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected87%
Exceeding22%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected95%
Exceeding35%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
60
How many families wanted this school first?
87
How many got their first choice?
59of 87 (67.8%)
How many applied in total?
163

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
37.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
30.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
27.0%
Boys and girls
53%girls·47%boys
240 girls, 216 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 92% (2017/18), currently 85%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1684.0%16.0%+4.5+3.7+5.7
2016/1788.0%17.0%+6.4+3.1+5.2
2017/1892.0%22.0%+3.4+2.6+3.1
2018/1988.0%14.0%+3.5+3.4+5.3
2022/2392.0%12.0%+3.9+2.0+1.3
2023/2492.0%20.0%---
2024/2585.0%13.0%---
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