Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College
Academy converter · 882 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
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Hall Mead School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,068of 982 places
- Free school meals
- 13.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 210
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 26 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hall Mead School (URN 102337, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Hall Mead School has no sixth form. Of the 198 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 53% to a further education college and 8% started an apprenticeship.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 84% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 8% of leavers started one, roughly twice the England figure of 3%.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.1 against 46.1 across England and 47.2 in Havering, with 51% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Hall Mead School | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 198 | 2,968 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 26% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 53% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Hall Mead School | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.1 | 47.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 84% | 60% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.73 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 16% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.9 | 36.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.1 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 12% | 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 | 203 | 97% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 81% |
| Mathematics | 202 | 96% | 88% | 22% | 22% | 81% |
| English Literature | 200 | 95% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 80% |
| Spanish | 177 | 84% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 51% |
| Combined Science | 177 | 84% | 65% | 15% | 9% | 73% |
| Geography | 155 | 74% | 41% | 29% | 25% | 75% |
| Business Studies | 66 | 31% | 18% | 27% | 20% | 79% |
| History | 63 | 30% | 41% | 52% | 26% | 87% |
| Religious Studies | 52 | 25% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 88% |
| Design and Technology | 43 | 20% | 11% | 42% | 23% | 91% |
| Physical Education | 39 | 19% | 11% | 26% | 24% | 85% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 12% | 13% | 46% | 30% | 77% |
| Chemistry | 22 | 10% | 23% | 68% | 47% | 95% |
| Biology | 22 | 10% | 23% | 68% | 45% | 91% |
| Media Studies | 22 | 10% | 4% | 23% | 20% | 77% |
| Physics | 22 | 10% | 23% | 68% | 46% | 91% |
| Art and Design | 19 | 9% | 7% | 42% | 24% | 95% |
| Music | 18 | 9% | 5% | 28% | 33% | 89% |
| Drama | 17 | 8% | 7% | 29% | 27% | 88% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 11 | 5% | 8% | 18% | 21% | 55% |
| Statistics | 6 | 3% | 5% | 100% | 20% | 100% |
| Citizenship Studies | 2 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 19 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 12 | — | — |
| Mathematics | 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.