Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery is a mainstream primary school with resourced provision in Harlow, Essex, for children and young people aged 3 to 11. Its specialist base takes children for social, emotional and mental health.
- Ages 3–11
- 443 pupils
School details
- Type
- Mainstream school with resourced provision
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Boys and girls
- Boys and girls
- Specialist base
- Resourced provision
- Pupils
- 443
- Headteacher
- Mr Luke Wildig
- Part of
- Bmat Education
- Council
- Essex
- School reference (URN)
- 140024
Needs its base supports
1 need: SEMH
As listed by the Department for Education, grouped the way EHC plans describe needs.
Social, emotional and mental health
- Social, emotional and mental health Other schools for this in Essex (6)
How to get a place
4 steps, starting with an EHC plan
- An EHC plan
Places in an SEN unit or resourced provision are usually for children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan. If your child doesn’t have one yet, you can ask the council for an assessment yourself.
- Visit and ask about the base
See the school and its specialist base, and ask how children split their time between the base and mainstream classes.
- Ask for the school to be named
Tell the council that looks after the plan (often Essex council) that you want this school and its base, and ask them to consult it.
- Named in the plan
If the school is named in your child’s plan, it must admit your child. Places in the base itself are agreed between the council and the school, so ask how they decide.
Questions to ask when you visit
8 questions to tick off as you go
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Ofsted
Graded by area, November 2024; school remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next (May 2023)
Inspected in November 2024. Inspections from September 2024 to November 2025 graded each area but gave no overall grade.
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- Early yearsGood
- SafeguardingEffective
Since then: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next (ungraded inspection, May 2023).
Contact and getting there
Cooks Spinney, Harlow, CM20 3BW
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Directions: Walk Public transport Drive
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Other SEND schools nearby
- Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery Mainstream + base · Ages 3–11 · Ofsted: Good 0.4 miles
- Potter Street Academy Mainstream + base · Ages 5–11 · Ofsted: Good 1.1 miles
- Harlowbury Primary School Mainstream + base · Ages 4–11 · Ofsted report card (2026) 1.2 miles
By need in Essex: Autism (18) · Severe learning (13) · Moderate learning (10) · Hearing (10) · Speech and language (9) · PMLD (8) · SEMH (7) · Dyslexia and SpLD (3) · Vision (3) · Multi-sensory (2)
Questions about Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery
How do I get a place in Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery’s specialist base?
Places in an SEN unit or resourced provision usually come through an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan: ask the council that looks after the plan to consult the school about its base. If the school is named in the plan it must admit your child; places in the base itself are agreed between the council and the school.
What needs does Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery support?
Social, emotional and mental health. Every child is different, so ask the school how it would meet your child’s needs.
What ages does Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery take?
Aged 3 to 11, boys and girls.
What is Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery’s Ofsted rating?
Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024 at its last graded inspection. Newer inspections no longer give a single overall grade, so read the latest report for the full picture.
Where is Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery?
Cooks Spinney, Harlow, CM20 3BW, in Essex.
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