Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery

School overview

Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery is a primary school serving Harlow, Essex, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 456 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery 'Outstanding'. 85% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 7.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 12% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 98 first choices for 60 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.50 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 25.2 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.