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Church Langley Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Community school
Church Langley Way, Church Langley, Harlow CM17 9TH · churchlangley.essex.sch.uk · 01279 629427
On the mapSearch near CM17 9TH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 406
- 80% of 505 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 10.8%
- First language not English
- 14%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 59 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 86% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 43 | 0.7 | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 56 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 54 | 0.9 | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Essex it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Church Langley Community Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 24 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jul 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (48 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 48
- 10% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied