Harlow Fields School and College

State-Funded School

harlow-fields-school-and-college-essex-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

HarlowConstituency

CM18 6RNPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Harlow Fields School and College is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Essex, East of England.

It currently serves 213 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Sixth formprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

65%

Asian

Black

14%

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

213

Total Pupils

73%Boys

27%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 213
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
3 Mar 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Not judged
17 Nov 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.