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Church Langley Community Primary School

Primary · Harlow · CM17 9TH

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 25 January 2024

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At a glance

406 pupils · 80% of 505 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
13.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.churchlangley.essex.sch.uk
URN
131209

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 59 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.551 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 25 January 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 59 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.551 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.551 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

86 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers69%
Essex average63.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Lacey Green Primary AcademyWilmslow · 147 miles awayGood79%
Whitehouse Common Primary SchoolSutton Coldfield · 99 miles awayGood79%
Shelley Primary SchoolHorsham · 53 miles awayRequires improvement63%
St John's CofE AcademyWorksop · 120 miles awayGood65%
Hill West Primary SchoolSutton Coldfield · 101 miles awayExpected standard78%
Wood Fold Primary SchoolWigan · 172 miles awayOutstanding78%
Meadowside Primary SchoolKettering · 54 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Rutherford House SchoolLondon · 26 miles awayGood73%
Avanti Gardens SchoolBristol · 116 miles awayGood54%
St Michael's CofE (C) Primary SchoolLichfield · 104 miles awayNo current grade85%
Mere Green Primary SchoolSutton Coldfield · 101 miles awayGood64%
Godinton Primary SchoolAshford · 52 miles awayGood63%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 71% (Essex 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 9% (Essex 7%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (Essex 4%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Essex 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Essex 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Essex 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Essex 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Essex 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Essex 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Essex 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Essex 3%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Essex 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Essex: 3.26 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,688; 14.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,406
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £553,472; in-year balance -£44,491

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier67.8%62.3%
Social housing10.7%17.1%
Privately rented21.4%20.5%
Detached houses22.4%22.9%
Flats24.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms17.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01021827 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£349,500458 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£300,000–£443,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (106)£507,500
Semi-detached (40)£412,500
Terraced (220)£335,000
Flat (92)£234,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.89 km, 2026 entry): 314 sales, median £340,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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