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Harlow Fields School and College

URN
131838
Phase
Not applicable
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Harlow Fields School and College
URN
131838
Phase
Not applicable
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

36 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

10

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

73

Stability & Context

90

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Competition not available
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
3 March 2025
Inspection date
14 January 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 3 March 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Requires improvement

    Graded 3 March 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Admissions information is not currently available for this school.

Where to apply

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Local authority
Essex
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Essex)
School website
http://www.harlowfields.essex.sch.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Essex to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

0.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

0.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

0.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

0.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

CM18 6RN - Tendring Road, Harlow, Essex

Contact details

Address
Tendring Road, Harlow, Essex
Postcode
CM18 6RN
Phone
1279423670
Website
http://www.harlowfields.essex.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Essex
Local authority code
881

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 1,198 schools in Essex.

Authority statistics

Total schools

1,198

Open schools

613

Closed schools

585

Primary schools

812

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Requires improvement

    Graded 3 March 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Requires improvement

    Graded 3 March 2025

  • Early years

    0

    Graded 3 March 2025

  • Sixth form

    Requires improvement

    Graded 3 March 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    3 March 202514 January 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 3 March 2025
    8 November 202327 September 2023-School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 NextView report for inspection published 8 November 2023
    • Inspection

      Published
      3 March 2025
      Inspected
      14 January 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next

      Published
      8 November 2023
      Inspected
      27 September 2023
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    Not published

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    Not published

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    Not published

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    Not published

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    100.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    0.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    181

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary812 (67.9%)
    • Secondary181 (15.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other203 (17.0%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Sir Frederick Gibberd College224 mSecondaryOpen
    Passmores School and Technology College234 mSecondaryClosed
    The Mead School288 mNot applicableClosed
    Tye Green School288 mNot applicableClosed
    Abbotsweld Primary School362 mPrimaryClosed
    Abbotsweld Primary Academy362 mPrimaryOpen
    Abbotsweld County Infant School362 mPrimaryClosed
    William Martin Church of England Junior School404 mPrimaryOpen
    William Martin Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School, Harlow424 mPrimaryClosed
    St Mark's West Essex Catholic School572 mSecondaryClosed
    • Sir Frederick Gibberd College
      Distance
      224 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Passmores School and Technology College
      Distance
      234 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • The Mead School
      Distance
      288 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Tye Green School
      Distance
      288 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

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    Same phase (Not applicable) and local authority (Essex)

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    • Advanced Education- Conifers
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      Postcode
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      Status
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    • Advanced Education-Finchingfield
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      Postcode
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    • Advanced Education-Pear Trees
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
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      Status
      Closed
    • Advanced Education-Whitewebbs
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      CM6 2BN
      Status
      Closed
    Abbotsweld Primary School
    Distance
    362 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Abbotsweld Primary Academy
    Distance
    362 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Abbotsweld County Infant School
    Distance
    362 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • William Martin Church of England Junior School
    Distance
    404 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • William Martin Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School, Harlow
    Distance
    424 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Mark's West Essex Catholic School
    Distance
    572 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Alleyn Court Eton House School
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    SS3 0PW
    Status
    Closed