Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow

Academy converter · Secondary school · Harlow, Essex
CM18 7NQ
Composite score
48.6

About Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow

Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow is a secondary school in Harlow, Essex, classified by the DfE as an academy converter. Around 989 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 38.9, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 5.4 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

31% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 52% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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 further down the page.

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#2,659
National rank
#299
In East of England
#59
In Essex
Top 84%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
38.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
31%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
52%
% EBacc grade 5+
12%
EBacc average points score
3.40

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Pupils on roll 989 % FSM ever-6 36.6% % EAL 20.3% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed

Location

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