Schools in Harlow[1]

Local authority district E07000073 · 41 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 58 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 3 (5%)[4]
second 20%: 26 (45%)[4]
middle 20%: 19 (33%)[4]
fourth 20%: 5 (9%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 5 (9%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	12%[4]	62%[4]	12%[4]	14%[4]	0%[4]
Employment	12%[4]	57%[4]	14%[4]	9%[4]	9%[4]
Education and skills	19%[4]	57%[4]	17%[4]	7%[4]	0%[4]
Health and disability	0%[4]	17%[4]	57%[4]	14%[4]	12%[4]
Crime	31%[4]	43%[4]	14%[4]	10%[4]	2%[4]
Housing and services	7%[4]	22%[4]	36%[4]	28%[4]	7%[4]
Living environment	0%[4]	0%[4]	12%[4]	53%[4]	34%[4]
Children in low-income families	7%[4]	55%[4]	22%[4]	16%[4]	0%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 53.7% of 37,853 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 24.4% of 73,111 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 8.6% of 73,110 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (7)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bmat Stem Academy	14–19[2]	A8 30 2025/26[8] AL D 2024/25[9]
Burnt Mill Academy	11–16[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8]
Mark Hall Academy	11–16[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8]
Passmores Academy	11–16[2]	A8 36 2025/26[8]
Sir Frederick Gibberd College	11–19[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8]
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School	11–18[2]	A8 50 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (30)

School	Ages	Headline results
Abbotsweld Primary Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Church Langley Community Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow	5–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[10]
Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Freshwaters Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
Harlowbury Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Henry Moore Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Harlow	5–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Jerounds Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Kingsmoor Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Latton Green Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Little Parndon Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Longwood Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Milwards Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Newhall Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Pear Tree Mead Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Pemberley Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Potter Street Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Purford Green Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
St Alban's Catholic Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
St James Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
St Luke's Catholic Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
The Downs Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Water Lane Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 36% 2024/25[10]
William Martin Church of England Infant and Nursery School	3–7[2]
William Martin Church of England Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
Saint Nicholas School	2–16[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (3)

School	Ages	Headline results
Beckmead Moundwood Academy	4–16[2]
Harlow Fields School and College	3–19[2]
The Greenwell Academy	7–16[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS062 NS-SeC. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2022-12-08. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.