Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery
Little Grove Field, Harlow, CM19 4BU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Neil Malcolm Coster
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Harlow
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 454
- URN
- 133255
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01279868181
About this school
Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery is a community primary school in Harlow. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 454 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 92% | 92% | 85% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 20% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 93% | 100% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 95% | 100% | 95% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 95% | 100% | 95% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| 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 Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery 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 | 92% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 92% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 85% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 460 |
| 2023/24 | 453 |
| 2024/25 | 456 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery compares
Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery ranked 27th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 94% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 85% | 5.7% | 34.9% | 454 | — |
| Little Parndon Primary Academy | 60% | 6% | 37.1% | 352 | 0.5 miles |
| St Luke's Catholic Academy | 53% | 3.7% | 15.6% | 231 | 0.6 miles |
| Pemberley Academy | 67% | 5.8% | 26.4% | 207 | 0.6 miles |
| The Downs Primary School and Nursery | 52% | 5.8% | 34.9% | 362 | 0.7 miles |
| Jerounds Primary Academy | 76% | 3.9% | 29.3% | 390 | 0.7 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
-
Ungraded inspection report5 March 2025
- 14 January 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.86%
- English as an additional language
- 42.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.69%
- Persistent absence
- 14.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Little Parndon Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Harlow
-
St Luke's Catholic Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Harlow
-
Pemberley Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Harlow
-
The Downs Primary School and Nursery0.7 miles
Primary · Harlow
-
Jerounds Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Harlow
Other schools in Harlow
Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery ranks 1st of the 30 ranked primary schools in Harlow.
- Abbotsweld Primary Academy Primary
- Church Langley Community Primary School Primary
- Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow Primary
- Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery Primary
- Freshwaters Primary Academy Primary
- Harlowbury Primary School Primary
- Henry Moore Primary School Primary
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Harlow Primary
- Jerounds Primary Academy Primary
- Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery Primary
- Kingsmoor Academy Primary
- Latton Green Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery teach?
- Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Harlow.
- Who is the headteacher of Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery?
- The headteacher of Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery is Mr Neil Malcolm Coster, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery?
- Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery has 454 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery full?
- Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery has capacity for 420 pupils and 454 on roll (108%), 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 Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery a faith school?
- No. Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery as having nursery classes.
- How have Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 92% in 2022/23 and 85% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery rank locally?
- Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery ranked 27th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 94% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery's absence rate?
- Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery'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 30 June 2026.