Passmores Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Essex
Tracyes Road, Harlow, CM18 6JH
54
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
84%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
88.3%
30.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,199
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
84%
1st preference success rate
218 of 259 families who put it first got an offer
225
Places offered
610
Total applications
2.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 259 | 218 | ● 84% |
| 2nd preference | 169 | 5 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 112 | 2 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 70 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 610 | 225 | 37% |
1st preference success by year
Essex lets families list 6 preferences. 5 applications came from outside the council area (1 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Natalie Christie
- Address
- Tracyes Road, Harlow, CM18 6JH
- Phone
- 01279770800
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward / constituency
- Bush Fair · Harlow
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137445
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 29% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 8% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE PASSMORES CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY
1,199 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
15 February 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,248 pupils
Attendance
88.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
30.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 37.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.67 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 25% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 54% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.01 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 34.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 21.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 41.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 12.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.79 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 234 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 226 | 6% | 28% | 53% | |
| English Language | 224 | 4% | 30% | 48% | |
| English Literature | 223 | 5% | 27% | 47% | |
| Combined Science | 178 | 2% | 20% | 38% | |
| Social Studies | 121 | 11% | 43% | 58% | |
| Art and Design | 116 | 3% | 16% | 31% | |
| History | 82 | 7% | 26% | 41% | |
| Computer Science | 75 | 7% | 28% | 48% | |
| Geography | 61 | 10% | 18% | 33% | |
| Spanish | 41 | 7% | 41% | 51% | |
| Biology | 29 | 21% | 62% | 79% | |
| Physics | 28 | 29% | 64% | 89% |
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.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.