Freshwaters Primary Academy

Type Primary
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address School Lane
Harlow
Essex
CM20 3QA
Phone 01279454688
Reference Number 139398

Description

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Freshwaters Primary Academy in Harlow, CM20 3QA, caters to children aged 3 to 11, having been established on September 1st, 2013, as part of the BMAT Multi-Academy Trust. The school originally opened in 1990 and has Architecture that incorporates an open plan design, but with added walls to optimize space. The school has experienced an increase in enrollment and aims to add more classrooms in the future.

Freshwaters boasts a wildlife and forest area, as well as an in-house swimming pool, which affords all students the opportunity to learn swimming before they leave the school. This pool also serves as a community hub for various local groups when not in use by the academy's pupils. As an institution with a strong emphasis on teamwork, every pupil and staff member belongs to a team that they remain part of throughout their time at the school, fostering friendships and collaboration between children of different ages.

The school has implemented Golden Rules to promote positive behavior and rewards students for following these rules. The headteacher, Miss J Diggle, aims to provide a helpful and informative website for parents and guardians.

Freshwaters Primary Academy is actively engaged with engaging activities like Maths Week, inviting performance poets to inspire creativity, and Science Week, which offers practical experiments and guest visits from scientists, highlighting the importance of conservation. The school is also involved in events like fundraisers for Children in Need.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 419
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.36%
Girls: 49.64%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
1 54
2 56
3 53
4 54
5 60
6 57

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2019-04-29
Date Description Report
2019-03-19 Short inspection Short inspection
2015-10-09 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-04-23 Full inspection: Full inspection:

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 66% Upgrade Upgrade
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5% Upgrade Upgrade

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107 Upgrade Upgrade
Maths 105 Upgrade Upgrade

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 4.1 Upgrade Upgrade
Writing 1.4 Upgrade Upgrade
Maths 3.4 Upgrade Upgrade

How many students meet the standards

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 16 3
Third Preference 17 2
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Attainment 8 score percentile

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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