Roydon Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Harlow, Essex·CM19 5HN
Composite score
43.0
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#9,875
National rank
#1078
In East of England
#280
In Essex
Top 67%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
42
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Roydon Primary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
192
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,448
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Roydon Primary Academy is a primary school serving Harlow, Essex, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 192 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 59% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 13.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Roydon Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 29 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.7%. There are about 24.6 pupils per teacher. Roydon Primary Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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