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Pemberley Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Hodings Road, Harlow CM20 1NW · pemberleyacademy.co.uk · 01279 215745
On the mapSearch near CM20 1NW
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.59 mi
- 0.95 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 207
- 99% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 24.6%
- First language not English
- 39.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Reach2 Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.59 mi (946 m) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 43 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 65% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 43 | 1.4▲ | 65% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 42 | 1.4▲ | 67% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 74% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 54 | 1.8▲ | 56% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.59 mi0.95 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 23% 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 | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ▲23% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●105 | 105 | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Pemberley Academy was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 23 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 43
- 21% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied