Beckmead Moundwood Academy
Beckmead Moundwood Academy is a free schools alternative provision in Harlow for boys and girls aged 4 to 16. It has 65 pupils and room for 89. About 60 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2024, no overall grade.
Commonside Road, Harlow, CM18 7EZ01279 444101beckmeadtrust.org/moundwoodMr Adrian Applewhite headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 24 September 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Essex council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (6), language and communications needs (3).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 65 | 64 | 68 | 61 | 34 | 32 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 60% | 61% | 49% | 39% | 50% | 47% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 5% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 9% | 6% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 8% | 28% | 43% | 71% | 91% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 3% | 6% | 2% | 9% | 9% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 15 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 18%, compared with – for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 27% | 56% | 59% |
| Education | 7% | 25% | 47% |
| Apprenticeship | 13% | 6% | 0% |
| Work | 7% | 25% | 12% |
| Not in education, work or training | 27% | 19% | 29% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Greenwell Academy | Free school | 80 m | 19 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Latton Green Primary Academy | Academy | 390 m | 199 | Good 2023 | 75 | Compare |
| Longwood Primary Academy | Academy | 620 m | 423 | Good 2023 | 68 | Compare |
| William Martin Church of England Infant and Nursery School | Academy | 830 m | 185 | Good 2022 | 35 | Compare |
| Pear Tree Mead Academy | Academy | 860 m | 460 | Good 2023 | 58 | Compare |
| Stewards Academy - Science Specialist, Harlow | Academy | 970 m | 978 | Requires improvement 2024 | 4 | Compare |
| Abbotsweld Primary Academy | Academy | 970 m | 307 | Good 2023 | 63 | Compare |
| St James Church of England Primary School | Academy | 980 m | 211 | Good 2023 | 49 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Beckmead Moundwood Academy a good school?
Beckmead Moundwood Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in September 2024.
What is Beckmead Moundwood Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Beckmead Moundwood Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 24 September 2024.
How many pupils does Beckmead Moundwood Academy have?
65 pupils aged 4 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 89 places, so it is 73% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Commonside Road, Harlow, CM18 7EZ
- Telephone
- 01279 444101
- Website
- www.beckmeadtrust.org/moundwood
- Headteacher
- Mr Adrian Applewhite
- Type of school
- Free schools alternative provision (Free schools alternative provision, free schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 4-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- The Beckmead Trust (12 schools)
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Latton Bush & Stewards
- Constituency
- Harlow
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 May 2020 (new provision)
- URN
- 148008 · LAESTAB 8811121 · UKPRN 10086038
- Formerly
- TBAP Aspire AP Academy
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.