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Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College
- Pupils on roll
- 882of 888 places
- Free school meals
- 26.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 175
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 14 December 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Abbs Cross School and Arts College (URN 102352, until 1 April 2011).
What the data says
Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College has no sixth form. Of the 165 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 62% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 30% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.5 against 46.1 across England and 47.2 in Havering, with 46% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | This school | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 165 | 2,968 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 23% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 62% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.5 | 47.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 61% | 60% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.05 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.6 | 36.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.0 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 19% | 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 | 171 | 98% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 74% |
| Mathematics | 171 | 98% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 73% |
| English Literature | 167 | 95% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 78% |
| Religious Studies | 154 | 88% | 31% | 18% | 32% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 139 | 79% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 57% |
| French | 104 | 59% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 63% |
| History | 76 | 43% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 71% |
| Geography | 68 | 39% | 41% | 22% | 25% | 82% |
| Business Studies | 63 | 36% | 18% | 6% | 20% | 71% |
| Media Studies | 53 | 30% | 4% | 13% | 20% | 79% |
| Physical Education | 40 | 23% | 11% | 18% | 24% | 78% |
| Biology | 25 | 14% | 23% | 44% | 45% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 25 | 14% | 23% | 36% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 25 | 14% | 23% | 48% | 46% | 100% |
| Sociology | 21 | 12% | 4% | 43% | 21% | 90% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 11% | 13% | 50% | 30% | 95% |
| Art and Design | 17 | 10% | 7% | 12% | 24% | 82% |
| Design and Technology | 17 | 10% | 11% | 6% | 23% | 71% |
| Dance | 16 | 9% | 1% | 25% | 27% | 75% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 15 | 9% | 8% | 20% | 21% | 80% |
| Drama | 15 | 9% | 7% | 47% | 27% | 100% |
| Music | 11 | 6% | 5% | 18% | 33% | 82% |
| Portuguese | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Russian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Turkish | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
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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.