Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery in Harlow

Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery is a primary school located in Harlow. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 15/06/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is above average, progress in reading and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.9%, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

Check Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery location rating (nearby schools, safety, property prices, sport facilities etc.
Cooks Spinney, Harlow

School Information

Address:	Cooks Spinney, Harlow, CM20 3BW
Website:	http://www.cooksspinneyacademy.org/
Telephone:	01279437590
School Type:	Academy sponsor led
Education phase:	Primary
Local authority:	Essex
Headteacher / Principal:	Mr Neil Stirrat
Religious character:	Does not apply
Admissions policy:	Not applicable
Unique reference:	140024

Ofsted Inspection

Overall Effectiveness
Quality Of Education
Outcomes For Pupils
Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 15/06/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range:	3 - 11
Gender:	Mixed
School Capacity:	468
Number of Pupils:	457
Number of Boys:	229
Number of Girls:	228

Absence

	School	England state-funded schools:
Overall absence:	3.9%	4%
Persistent absence:	8.1%	8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading

Above Average: 0.4 Confidence interval -0.9 to 1.8

Writing

Above Average: 1.5 Confidence interval 0.2 to 2.7

Maths

Average: -0.5 Confidence interval -1.7 to 0.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:	69%
England Average:	65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:	8%
England Average:	11%

Average score in reading

School:	103
England Average:	104

Average score in maths

School:	103
England Average:	105

Nearby Schools

Primary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery Cooks Spinney , CM20 3BW	3out of 4	0 yd	Academy sponsor led	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery Mowbray Road , CM20 2LS	3out of 4	822 yd	Academy converter	Yes	Mixed	More About School
St Alban's Catholic Academy First Avenue , CM20 2NP	3out of 4	851 yd	Academy converter	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Freshwaters Primary Academy School Lane , CM20 3QA	3out of 4	1,036 yd	Academy sponsor led	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Church Langley Community Primary School Church Langley Way , Church Langley CM17 9TH	3out of 4	1,112 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School

Secondary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Burnt Mill Academy First Avenue , CM20 2NR	4out of 4	936 yd	Academy converter	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Mark Hall Academy First Avenue , CM17 9LR	- not rated	1,130 yd	Academy sponsor led	No	Mixed	More About School
Bmat Stem Academy Velizy Avenue , CM20 3EZ	2out of 4	1,560 yd	University technical college	No	Mixed	More About School
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School Tripton Road , CM18 6AA	3out of 4	1,592 yd	Academy converter	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Passmores Academy Tracyes Road , CM18 6JH	3out of 4	1,989 yd	Academy converter	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

16 plus

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Harlow College Velizy Avenue , CM20 3LH	- not rated	1,540 yd	Further education	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

Not applicable

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Harlow Fields School and College Tendring Road , CM18 6RN	3out of 4	2,155 yd	Community special school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
St Nicholas School Hillingdon House , Hobbs Cross Road CM17 0NJ	- not rated	2,527 yd	Other independent school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Beckmead Moundwood Academy Commonside Road , CM18 7EZ	- not rated	2,915 yd	Free schools alternative provision	No	Mixed	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and NurseryCooks Spinney, Harlow