# Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery

Cooks 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.

Primary school. Code E140024. [Harlow](https://openindex.co.uk/harlow)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 443
- Council: Harlow
- URN: 140024

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tanys-dell-primary-school-and-nursery-e144665): 750 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2022. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Alban's Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-albans-catholic-academy-e137056): 780 m. Primary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Burnt Mill Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/burnt-mill-academy-e137694): 860 m. Secondary. Good (overall), February 2023. Attainment 8 of 47.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Freshwaters Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/freshwaters-primary-academy-e139398): 950 m. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Church Langley Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/church-langley-community-primary-school-e131209): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good, January 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Mark Hall Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mark-hall-academy-e148423): 1 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.8 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140024)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140024)

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