Longwood Primary Academy, Harlow

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Longwood Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 82% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 76% in Essex and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (80% in reading, 82% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 54 families put Longwood Primary Academy as their first choice and 93 named it as one of their preferences, for 58 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Longwood Primary Academy are St James Church of England Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 63% reading, 66% maths); Kingsmoor Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 83% reading, 87% maths); Abbotsweld Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 73% reading, 73% maths); and Latton Green Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 86% reading, 90% maths).

Longwood Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Longwood Primary Academy is one of 9 schools run by Net Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

39.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 31.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (51%), Black (15%) and Mixed (8%).

Longwood Primary Academy has a resourced provision for autism: 16 places, 13 pupils on roll.

Longwood Primary Academy had 26 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Harlow Town Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Peterswood School (s-bound), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 278 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Essex (97), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Longwood Primary Academy issued 6 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Longwood Primary Academy are Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow (0.3 miles); Sir Frederick Gibberd College (0.7 miles); St Mark's West Essex Catholic School (1.1 miles); and Passmores Academy (1.2 miles).