St Alban's Catholic Academy 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 18/03/2015. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are average, progress in writing is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.2%, which is 0.8 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: First Avenue, Harlow, CM20 2NP
Website: http://www.st-albans.essex.sch.uk
Telephone: 01279425383
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Ian Kendal
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 137056

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 18/03/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 228
Number of Boys: 128
Number of Girls: 100

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 4.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: 1.8 Confidence interval -0.5 to 4
Writing
Well Below Average: -4.8 Confidence interval -6.9 to -2.8
Maths
Average: -0.1 Confidence interval -2 to 1.9

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:67%
England Average:65%

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

School:3%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:108
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Alban's Catholic Academy
First Avenue , CM20 2NP
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Freshwaters Primary Academy
School Lane , CM20 3QA
3out of 4 604 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery
Mowbray Road , CM20 2LS
3out of 4 815 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery
Cooks Spinney , CM20 3BW
3out of 4 851 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
The Downs Primary School and Nursery
The Hides , CM20 3RB
3out of 4 1,101 yd Academy converter Yes 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 94 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Bmat Stem Academy
Velizy Avenue , CM20 3EZ
2out of 4 1,160 yd University technical college No Mixed More About School
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School
Tripton Road , CM18 6AA
3out of 4 1,560 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Mark Hall Academy
First Avenue , CM17 9LR
- not rated 1,656 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Sir Frederick Gibberd College
Tendring Road , CM18 6RN
- not rated 2,247 yd Free schools 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 1,082 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 2,184 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
St Nicholas School
Hillingdon House , Hobbs Cross Road CM17 0NJ
- not rated 3,190 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Beckmead Moundwood Academy
Commonside Road , CM18 7EZ
- not rated 3,196 yd Free schools alternative provision No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.