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Primary school in Harlow, Essex

Church Langley Community Primary School

Church Langley Way, Church Langley, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9TH

Ofsted Good · 2024
School website 01279629427

Ofsted

Goodas at 25 January 2024

Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 25 January 2024.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

73% England 63.1%

Reached the higher standard

3% England 8.3%

Average reading score

106 England 105.6

Average maths score

106 England 104.6

On the headline measure this school is in the upper half of state-funded primaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
406
Places
505
How full
80% full — 406 of 505 places taken
Girls / boys
197 / 209
Overall absence
4%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
7%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
11%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
13%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
0%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
11%

England 15%

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Harlow 005D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
29%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
14%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
68%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
11%

England 17%

Households with no car
10%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
28%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Stacey Ward
Local authority
Essex
Ward
Church Langley North & Newhall
Constituency
Harlow
URN
131209

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistance
Henry Moore Primary SchoolAcademy converter No grade 78% 0.5 mi
Newhall Primary AcademyFree schools Good 2023 67% 0.6 mi
Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and NurseryAcademy sponsor led No grade 38% 0.6 mi
Purford Green Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led No grade 72% 0.7 mi
Potter Street AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 71% 0.7 mi
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, HarlowAcademy converter Good 2023 67% 0.9 mi
Fawbert and Barnard's Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 52% 0.9 mi
Tany's Dell Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter Good 2022 83% 1 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded primary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedExpected standard
The Aldgate SchoolVoluntary aided school Outstanding 2024 77%
Emmanuel Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2024 87%
Holy Cross RC SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 92%
Yerbury Primary SchoolCommunity school Outstanding 2023 74%
Oratory Roman Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Outstanding 2023 83%
St Bartholomews's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school Good 2023 80%
Moss Hall Junior SchoolCommunity school Good 2022 81%
Northside Primary SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 57%

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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