Harris Primary Academy Mayflower

Harris Primary Academy Mayflower is performing effectively, successfully maintaining the high standards achieved in its previous inspection. The school is characterized by a strong sense of community, with pupils demonstrating a love for learning supported by ambitious teaching. With a curriculum that blends rich experiences and high expectations, pupils engage deeply in their education and extracurricular activities. The supportive leadership team, consisting of the executive principal and trust members, reinforces the school's positive environment, appreciated by both staff and families.

Strengths

• Highly ambitious and meticulously reviewed curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on high expectations for all pupils.
• Exceptional enrichment opportunities contributing to pupil engagement.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND to thrive.
• A love of reading promoted from early years.
• Positive relationships fostered among pupils of different ages.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.5% of pupils at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Harris Primary Academy Mayflower had 23.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 5.7% of pupils at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Harris Primary Academy Mayflower received £6,106 and spent £6,263 for each of its 1,068 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £635,000 (£595 per pupil).

Across all 58 schools of Harris Federation, income was £8,891 and spending £8,882 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Harris Primary Academy Mayflower is part of Harris Federation, which runs 58 schools. The nearest others:

• Harris Academy Chafford Hundred Grays
• Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred Grays
• Harris Academy Ockendon South Ockendon
• Harris Academy Riverside Purfleet
• Harris Academy Rainham Rainham
• Harris Rainham Sixth Form Rainham
• Harris Garrard Academy Erith
• Harris Academy Falconwood Welling
• Harris Academy Kingswood Basildon
• Harris Primary Academy Orpington Orpington

What is Harris Primary Academy Mayflower's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Harris Primary Academy Mayflower is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Harris Primary Academy Mayflower last inspected by Ofsted?

Harris Primary Academy Mayflower was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Harris Primary Academy Mayflower have?

Harris Primary Academy Mayflower has 1,087 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harris Primary Academy Mayflower cover?

Harris Primary Academy Mayflower for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Harris Primary Academy Mayflower's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Harris Primary Academy Mayflower?

Harris Primary Academy Mayflower is at Mayflower Road, Chafford Hundred, Essex, RM16 6SA.