Nazeing Primary School
Hyde Mead, Nazeing, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2HS
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Nazeing Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Jane Pomfret
- Constituency
- Harlow
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 260
- URN
- 114972
- Local authority
- Essex
About this school
Nazeing Primary School was a community primary school in Waltham Abbey. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 260 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Nazeing Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 35 | 35 | 37 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 63% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 14% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 74% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 74% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 80% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Nazeing Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 257 |
| 2023/24 | 274 |
| 2024/25 | 260 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Nazeing Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 5.7% | 20% | 260 | — |
| Nazeing Primary School | — | — | — | 250 | 0.0 miles |
| Wormley CofE Primary School | 72% | 5% | 29.8% | 452 | 1.5 miles |
| Broxbourne CofE Primary School | 83% | 3.4% | 4.7% | 243 | 1.5 miles |
| St Cross Catholic Primary School | 45% | 5.2% | 5.5% | 201 | 1.8 miles |
| Longlands Primary School and Nursery | 38% | 5.6% | 29.5% | 217 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20%
- English as an additional language
- 19.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.74%
- Persistent absence
- 16.02%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Nazeing Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Waltham Abbey
-
Wormley CofE Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Broxbourne
-
Broxbourne CofE Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Broxbourne
-
St Cross Catholic Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Hoddesdon
-
Longlands Primary School and Nursery1.9 miles
Primary · Broxbourne
Other schools in Waltham Abbey
- Hillhouse CofE Primary School Primary
- Leverton Primary School Primary
- Nazeing Primary School Primary
- Upshire Primary Foundation School Primary
- Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy Primary
- King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Nazeing Primary School teach?
- Nazeing Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Waltham Abbey.
- Has Nazeing Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Nazeing Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Nazeing Primary School?
- Nazeing Primary School had 260 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Nazeing Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Nazeing Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Nazeing Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 August 2025.