Secondary
Burnt Mill Academy
First Avenue, Harlow, CM20 2NR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 959 of 1200 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
- Local authority
- Essex
- Trust
- BMAT EDUCATION
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 88.5
- Pupils per adult
- 11.2
- Pupils
- 987
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
44%
12 points above the Harlow average (32% across 7 schools)
45.2
5.7 above the Harlow average (39.5 across 7 schools)
1st of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Harlow we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.09 |
| Entered the EBacc | 35% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 55% |
| 22/23 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 47% |
| 24/25 | 44% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.24 |
| 22/23 | -0.19 |
| 23/24 | -0.21 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.7 |
| 22/23 | 44.3 |
| 23/24 | 44.6 |
| 24/25 | 45.2 |
First Avenue, Harlow, CM20 2NR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Essex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head Teacher
- Laura McGlashan
- Address
- First Avenue, Harlow, CM20 2NR
- Telephone
- 01279300555