Harmans Water Primary School
Wellington Drive, Harmans Water, Bracknell, RG12 9NE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Headteacher Matthew Irving
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bracknell
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 440
- Pupils on roll
- 445
- URN
- 130949
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01344422196
About this school
Harmans Water Primary School is a community primary school in Bracknell. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 445 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Harmans Water Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 73 | 64 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 33% | 35% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 58% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 56% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 55% | 48% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.30 | - | - |
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 Harmans Water 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 | Bracknell Forest average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60% | 62% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 33% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 35% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 476 |
| 2023/24 | 466 |
| 2024/25 | 445 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Harmans Water Primary School compares
Harmans Water Primary School ranked 26th of 26 primary schools in Bracknell Forest for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 35% | 5.8% | 21.2% | 445 | — |
| Crown Wood Primary School | 63% | 4.5% | 18.1% | 671 | 0.5 miles |
| Fox Hill Primary School | 59% | 5.7% | 19.9% | 214 | 0.8 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell | 90% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 210 | 0.8 miles |
| Holly Spring Primary School | 48% | 4.8% | 18.6% | 603 | 0.8 miles |
| St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 48% | 5.1% | 7.1% | 184 | 1.1 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report17 March 2026
- 17 June 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.16%
- English as an additional language
- 15.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.8%
- Persistent absence
- 17.19%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Crown Wood Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
Fox Hill Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell0.8 miles
Primary · Bracknell Forest
-
Holly Spring Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bracknell
-
St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Bracknell
Other schools in Bracknell
Harmans Water Primary School ranks 17th of the 17 ranked primary schools in Bracknell.
- Binfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Crown Wood Primary School Primary
- Fox Hill Primary School Primary
- Great Hollands Primary School Primary
- Holly Spring Primary School Primary
- Jennett's Park CofE Primary School Primary
- King's Academy Meadow Vale Primary
- King's Academy Oakwood Primary
- Sandy Lane Primary School Primary
- St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell Primary
- St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- The Pines School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Harmans Water Primary School teach?
- Harmans Water Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bracknell.
- Who is the head teacher of Harmans Water Primary School?
- The head teacher of Harmans Water Primary School is Headteacher Matthew Irving, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Harmans Water Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Harmans Water Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Harmans Water Primary School?
- Harmans Water Primary School has 445 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Harmans Water Primary School full?
- Harmans Water Primary School has capacity for 440 pupils and 445 on roll (101%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Harmans Water Primary School a faith school?
- No. Harmans Water Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Harmans Water Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Harmans Water Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Harmans Water Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 35% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Harmans Water Primary School compare with other schools in Bracknell Forest?
- Harmans Water Primary School ranked 26th of 26 primary schools in Bracknell Forest for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Harmans Water Primary School's absence rate?
- Harmans Water Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Harmans Water Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Harmans Water 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 15 July 2026.