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Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Mowbray Road, Harlow CM20 2LS · tanysdell.essex.sch.uk · 01279 866230
On the mapSearch near CM20 2LS
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 83%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 437
- 17 over 420 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31.1%
- First language not English
- 24.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Net Academies Trust
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, 43 families put the school first and 50 places were offered; 100% 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 | 50 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 37 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 49 | 39 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 51 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 18% 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 | |||
| ▲83% | 62% | ||
| ▲18% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 114939)
Ofsted
Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 February 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 8 Feb 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Feb 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (68 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 68
- 15% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (18%) with SEND