Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery
Mowbray Road, Harlow, CM20 2LS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- NET ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Dean Beaumont
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- NET Academies Trust
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Harlow
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 437
- URN
- 144665
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01279866230
About this school
Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery is a primary academy in Harlow. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 437 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 61 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 66% | 83% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 8% | 18% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 82% | 95% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 84% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 80% | 93% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.60 | - | - |
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 Tany's Dell 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 | 67% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 83% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 442 |
| 2023/24 | 444 |
| 2024/25 | 426 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery compares
Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery ranked 31st of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 83% | 5.1% | 34.6% | 437 | — |
| St Alban's Catholic Academy | 57% | 4.7% | 16.8% | 227 | 0.5 miles |
| Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery | 38% | 7.7% | 51.6% | 443 | 0.5 miles |
| Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School | 52% | 4% | 13.4% | 208 | 0.6 miles |
| Freshwaters Primary Academy | 62% | 6.5% | 40.1% | 413 | 0.8 miles |
| Church Langley Community Primary School | 73% | 4.3% | 11% | 406 | 1.0 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)
- 34.62%
- English as an additional language
- 22.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.1%
- Persistent absence
- 12.83%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Alban's Catholic Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Harlow
-
Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery0.5 miles
Primary · Harlow
-
Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Old Harlow
-
Freshwaters Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Harlow
-
Church Langley Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Harlow
Other schools in Harlow
Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery ranks 2nd 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
- Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery teach?
- Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Harlow.
- Who is the headteacher of Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery?
- The headteacher of Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery is Mr Dean Beaumont, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tany's Dell 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 Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery?
- Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery has 437 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery full?
- Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery has capacity for 420 pupils and 437 on roll (104%), 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 Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery a faith school?
- No. Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery?
- Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery is part of NET ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery have?
- The schools register lists Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 83% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery rank locally?
- Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery ranked 31st of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery's absence rate?
- Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tany's Dell 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 10 July 2026.