# Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery

Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Harlow, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 454 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E133255. [Harlow](https://openindex.co.uk/harlow)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 454
- Council: Harlow
- URN: 133255

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Outstanding (overall), January 2020
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 14 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 5 March 2025
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, 85% of pupils at Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
13% 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 | 85% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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.

- [Little Parndon Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/little-parndon-primary-academy-e140019): 880 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Luke's Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-lukes-catholic-academy-e139577): 990 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Pemberley Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pemberley-academy-e140380): 990 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, January 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Bmat Stem Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bmat-stem-academy-e145931): 1 km. Secondary. Good (overall), January 2023. Attainment 8 of 29.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Harlow College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harlow-college-e130676): 1.1 km. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [The Downs Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-downs-primary-school-and-nursery-e146157): 1.1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/133255)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/133255)

## How to cite

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