Free schools alternative provision
Harlow · CM18 7EZ · Essex
Ages 4–16
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenURN 149745
The Greenwell Academy
Free schools special · Harlow · CM18 7EZ
Age range
Ages 7–16
Pupils
19
Local authority
Essex
Age range
Ages 7–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingBoarding school
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools special, Ages 7–16, in Harlow, Essex, 19 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 26.3%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools special
- Age range
- 7–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 149745
Location
- Address
- Commonside Road
- Postcode
- CM18 7EZ
- Town
- Harlow
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Harlow
- Constituency
- Harlow
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 19
- Boys / girls
- 15 / 4
- School capacity
- 64
- Capacity fill
- 19 / 64 (30%)
- Free school meals
- 26.3%
- FSM pupils
- 5
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE BECKMEAD TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE BECKMEAD TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Lucy Goodman
- Telephone
- 01279746845
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2026-04-28
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.