Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, HarlowFawbert and Barnard's Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow and Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School are primary schools.

  • Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow scores 44 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School scores 74 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow was judged Good and Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 35.0% for Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow and 52.0% for Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow (41.0% in 2022-23, 35.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School (66.0% in 2022-23, 52.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow versus Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HarlowChurchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, HarlowOld HarlowFawbert and Barnard's Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD44/100B74/100Stronger figure
Local ranking325th of 430 in Essex 39th of 430 in Essex Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll194 209
Capacity210 210
LocationHarlow, CM17 0LB Old Harlow, CM17 0DA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard35.0% 52.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard4.0% Stronger figure3.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score100.0 102.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census194 209
Free school meals (ever 6)28.4% 13.4%
English as an additional language4.6% 8.6%
SEN support16.5% 9.6%
SEN with an EHC plan3.6% 1.4%
Attendance
Overall absence5.9% 4.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence17.0% 6.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow

Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School

Full profiles: Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow · Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School