Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery
Primary schoolCooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery is a primary school in Harlow, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 443 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 12 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 38% of pupils at Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Tany's Dell Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), February 2022. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- St Alban's Catholic AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- Burnt Mill AcademySecondary. Good (overall), February 2023. Attainment 8 of 47.2 (2025/26, provisional)860 m
- Freshwaters Primary AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- Church Langley Community Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Mark Hall AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.8 (2025/26, provisional)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Harlow
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).