Purford Green Primary School 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 04/06/2015. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.3%, which is 0.7 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Purford Green, Harlow

School Information

Address: Purford Green, Harlow, CM18 6HP
Website: www.purfordgreenschool.com
Telephone: 01279425100
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Emma Bloomfield
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 139950

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 04/06/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 199
Number of Boys: 106
Number of Girls: 93

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 5.7% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.5 Confidence interval -1.7 to 2.8
Writing
Average: 1.4 Confidence interval -0.8 to 3.5
Maths
Average: 1.2 Confidence interval -0.8 to 3.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:79%
England Average:65%

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

School:7%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:104
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:105
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Purford Green Primary School
Purford Green , CM18 6HP
3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Harlow
Tracyes Road , Southern Way CM18 6JJ
3out of 4 474 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
William Martin Church of England Infant and Nursery School
Tawneys Road , CM18 6PN
3out of 4 770 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Pear Tree Mead Academy
Pear Tree Mead , CM18 7BY
3out of 4 799 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Potter Street Academy
Carters Mead , CM17 9EU
3out of 4 805 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Passmores Academy
Tracyes Road , CM18 6JH
3out of 4 526 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School
Tripton Road , CM18 6AA
3out of 4 1,327 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Sir Frederick Gibberd College
Tendring Road , CM18 6RN
- not rated 1,692 yd Free schools Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Bmat Stem Academy
Velizy Avenue , CM20 3EZ
2out of 4 1,889 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School
Burnt Mill Academy
First Avenue , CM20 2NR
4out of 4 2,140 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 1,962 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 1,452 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Beckmead Moundwood Academy
Commonside Road , CM18 7EZ
- not rated 1,607 yd Free schools alternative provision No Mixed More About School
St Nicholas School
Hillingdon House , Hobbs Cross Road CM17 0NJ
- not rated 3,193 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.