Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College
Academy converter · 882 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
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The Brittons Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 730of 1,150 places
- Free school meals
- 34.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 140
- Ofsted
- Good, 5 October 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Brittons School and Technology College (URN 102339, until 1 April 2011).
What the data says
The Brittons Academy has no sixth form. Of the 141 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 71% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 39% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.5 against 46.1 across England and 47.2 in Havering, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French and German add up to 11% of the year group, and 11% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Havering and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Brittons Academy | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 141 | 2,968 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 10% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 71% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Brittons Academy | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.5 | 47.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 11% | 60% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.17 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.9 | 36.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.1 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 33% | 19% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 139 | 99% | 89% | 7% | 20% | 57% |
| Mathematics | 139 | 99% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 51% |
| English Literature | 138 | 99% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 62% |
| Combined Science | 106 | 76% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 32% |
| Geography | 83 | 59% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 41% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 55 | 39% | 8% | 5% | 21% | 60% |
| History | 53 | 38% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 53% |
| Drama | 36 | 26% | 7% | 8% | 27% | 69% |
| Physics | 31 | 22% | 23% | 10% | 46% | 71% |
| Chemistry | 31 | 22% | 23% | 10% | 47% | 84% |
| Biology | 31 | 22% | 23% | 10% | 45% | 77% |
| Citizenship Studies | 25 | 18% | 3% | 28% | 19% | 92% |
| Fine Art | 25 | 18% | 9% | 8% | 28% | 56% |
| Religious Studies | 22 | 16% | 31% | 36% | 32% | 82% |
| Design and Technology | 19 | 14% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 21% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 13% | 13% | 39% | 30% | 83% |
| French | 14 | 10% | 18% | 7% | 29% | 43% |
| German | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Music | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 40 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 21 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 20 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 17 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 1 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.