Primary schools in Harlow
31 primary schools in Harlow, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Harlow in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 30 schools in Harlow first 1,172 times for 1,178 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Essex authority's 411 schools. 6 of the 30 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 8 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.21 miles (Pemberley Academy) to 3.24 miles (Matching Green Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery
- Abbotsweld Primary Academy
- Church Langley Community Primary School
- Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow
- Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Harlow
- Jerounds Primary Academy
- Latton Green Primary Academy
- Longwood Primary Academy
- Matching Green Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Milwards Primary School and Nursery
- Newhall Primary Academy
- Pear Tree Mead Academy
- Pemberley Academy
- Roydon Primary Academy
- St James Church of England Primary School
- St Luke's Catholic Academy
- Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery
- The Downs Primary School and Nursery
- Water Lane Primary Academy
- William Martin Church of England Infant and Nursery School
- William Martin Church of England Junior School
- Kingsmoor Academy
- Potter Street Academy
- Harlowbury Primary School
- Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery
- Little Parndon Primary Academy
- Freshwaters Primary Academy
- Henry Moore Primary School
- Purford Green Primary School
- St Alban's Catholic Academy
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