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Church Langley Community Primary School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Essex

Church Langley Way, Harlow, CM17 9TH

Website 01279629427

65

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

91%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

95.7%

6.9% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

406

Capacity used

Has space

80%

505 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

91%

1st preference success rate

39 of 43 families who put it first got an offer

60

Places offered

164

Total applications

2.7

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference4339● 91%
2nd preference8218● 22%
3rd preference273● 11%
4th preference120● 0%
Total1646037%

1st preference success by year

97%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
85%
2023
100%
2024
91%
2025

Essex lets families list 4 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Stacey Ward
Address
Church Langley Way, Church Langley, Harlow, CM17 9TH
Phone
01279629427
Local authority
Essex
Ward / constituency
Church Langley North & Newhall · Harlow
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
131209

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals11%——
English as additional language14%——
SEN support12%——
51% boys (209)49% girls (197)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

406 pupils · 505 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    25 January 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 393 pupils

Attendance

95.7%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

4.3%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

6.9%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.1%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

8%
20/21
18%
21/22
13%
22/23
7%
23/24
7%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths65%——
Higher standard5%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard73%
+11% vs England
Higher standard3%
-5% vs England

Reading

Expected standard84%
+9% vs England
Higher standard36%
+3% vs England
Average score106
+0 vs England

Writing

Expected standard76%
+4% vs England
Greater depth3%
-10% vs England

Maths

Expected standard86%
+12% vs England
Higher standard24%
-2% vs England
Average score106
+1 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard85%
+12% vs England
Higher standard42%
+12% vs England
Average score107
+2 vs England

Science

Expected standard97%
+15% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

722019732023652024732025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)73%61%
Higher standard3%8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Essex council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.