Jerounds Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Harlow, Essex·CM19 4PH
Composite score
72.7
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#1,422
National rank
#144
In East of England
#40
In Essex
Top 10%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
37 first choices, 41 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
92
any preference, for 41 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
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1 per place
0.8820220.9720230.9220240.8820250.902026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Jerounds 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
396
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£1,434
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Jerounds Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Harlow, Essex, Jerounds Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 396 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 76% 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 risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 10% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% 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 Jerounds Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 41 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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