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Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred

Thurrock, RM16 6SAPrimaryAges 3–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Outstanding
Mar 2025
KS2 Results
75%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.1×
Oversubscribed
103 1st-choice / 90 places
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#2773 of 13,686 nationally

About Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred

If you're a parent weighing up Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred, the numbers from other parents are striking. In the most recent Parent View survey, covering September 2024 to September 2025, a remarkable 96% of the 304 respondents said they would recommend the school. That's backed up by very high levels of agreement on specific questions: 98% of parents either agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and the same proportion felt their child is safe. The school is clearly popular, too. For the 2025/26 academic year, it received 345 applications for just 90 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3. 83. Of those, 103 families put it as their first preference, and 82 of those were offered a place. It's a school that parents are actively choosing, and once their children are in, they report feeling well-informed about what their child will learn and how they are doing.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range3 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressMayflower Road, Grays, Thurrock, RM16 6SA
HeadteacherLauren Arnell
Local AuthorityThurrock
Number of Pupils665
Free School Meals (FSM)12.1%
School Capacity665 / 630 (106% full)
Nursery ClassesYes

The full report on this school

What 304 parents told Ofsted, the inspection in plain English, and how this school compares to nearby alternatives — all in one full school report.

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    Strengths, concerns and what inspectors flagged
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    What parents told Ofsted — when the school has 10+ responses
  • Where Ofsted and parents disagree
    Gaps to probe + questions to ask at the open day
  • Admissions & catchment
    Admission criteria, distance cutoffs (where the LA publishes them)
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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

26 Mar 2025
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Overall Effectiveness
Outstanding
Leadership & Management
Outstanding
Early Years Provision
Outstanding

Latest monitoring visit (26 Mar 2025): Standards maintained

Source: Ofsted, 4 Nov 2018. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

Resourced Provision
AutismMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning DifficultyResourced ProvisionOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:50 – 15:15

Breakfast club

07:30-08:50

After-school care

15:15-18:00

Source: harrisprimarychaffordhundred.org.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred has been rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted. This means the school provides an exceptional quality of education, and pupils thrive both academically and personally.