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Passmores Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Tracyes Road, Harlow CM18 6JH · passmoresacademy.com · 01279 770800
On the mapSearch near CM18 6JH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 34.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,199
- 100% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.8%
- First language not English
- 8.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 237 families put the school first and 229 places were offered; 92% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 229 | 237 | 1▲ | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 225 | 259 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 233 | 312 | 1.3▲ | 72% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 234 | 229 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 232 | 318 | 1.4▲ | 72% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 34.8, and 21.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Essex it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼34.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼21.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼41.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼12.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.79 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 16.7 | −5.1 |
| Sixth form college | 0.4 | −0.4 |
| Further education | 64.4 | +1 |
| Other education | 0.4 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.3 | −0.8 |
| Employment | 2.1 | −2.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.4 | +4.4 |
| Activity not captured | 5.2 | +2.7 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Passmores Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 14 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Nov 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (117 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 117
- 10% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 30 parents (26%) with SEND