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William Martin Church of England Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Tawneys Road, Harlow CM18 6PN · williammartinschools.org.uk · 01279 424122
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- 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
- 185
- 5 over 180 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.2%
- First language not English
- 30.3%
- 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, 35 families put the school first and 36 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 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 54 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 46 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 57 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for William Martin Church of England Infant and Nursery School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115101), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2016Good
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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115101)
Oct 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115101)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 13
- 7% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 46% who raised concerns
based on the 15% who had a child bullied