Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow
Secondary schoolStewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow is a secondary school in Harlow, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 978 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow was 40.1, against 40.7 in Harlow and 46.2 in England.
29.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Harlow | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 40.1 | 40.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29.4% | 34.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50.3% | 55.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 187 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- St James Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)400 m
- Longwood Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, April 2023. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)430 m
- Kingsmoor AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- Milwards Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Abbotsweld Primary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- St Luke's Catholic AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
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).