Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College
Academy converter · 882 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
Academy sponsor led
Harris Academy Rainham
- Pupils on roll
- 913
- Free school meals
- 25.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 173
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 9 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Chafford School, A Specialist Business and Enterprise College (URN 140300, until 1 September 2016).
What the data says
Of the 175 pupils who finished Year 11 at Harris Academy Rainham in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 53% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 42% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.4 against 46.1 across England and 47.2 in Havering, with 50% 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 | Harris Academy Rainham | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 175 | 2,968 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 33% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 53% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Harris Academy Rainham | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.4 | 47.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 65% | 60% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.54 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 27% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.5 | 36.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.7 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 27% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 172 | 99% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 72% |
| English Language | 172 | 99% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 75% |
| English Literature | 167 | 97% | 86% | 22% | 21% | 81% |
| Combined Science | 130 | 75% | 65% | 13% | 9% | 65% |
| History | 121 | 70% | 41% | 38% | 26% | 69% |
| Media Studies | 73 | 42% | 4% | 29% | 20% | 88% |
| Spanish | 71 | 41% | 19% | 4% | 27% | 37% |
| Sociology | 69 | 40% | 4% | 26% | 21% | 67% |
| Art and Design | 49 | 28% | 7% | 33% | 24% | 96% |
| Geography | 40 | 23% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 55% |
| Computer Science | 38 | 22% | 13% | 26% | 30% | 50% |
| Design and Technology | 37 | 21% | 11% | 3% | 23% | 59% |
| Physics | 37 | 21% | 23% | 62% | 46% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 37 | 21% | 23% | 54% | 47% | 97% |
| Biology | 37 | 21% | 23% | 57% | 45% | 97% |
| Business Studies | 32 | 18% | 18% | 3% | 20% | 63% |
| Religious Studies | 31 | 18% | 31% | 35% | 32% | 90% |
| Physical Education | 18 | 10% | 11% | 22% | 24% | 89% |
| French | 17 | 10% | 18% | 6% | 29% | 24% |
| German | 13 | 8% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 62% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 9 | 5% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 56% |
| Russian | 7 | 4% | 0% | 86% | 87% | 100% |
| Latin | 6 | 3% | 1% | 33% | 74% | 100% |
| Drama | 5 | 3% | 7% | — | 27% | — |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Dance | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 27% | — |
| Ancient History | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 37% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Retailing | 27 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 19 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 10 | — | — |
Where Harris Academy Rainham is
Other secondary schools in Havering are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Havering’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Havering
Bower Park Academy
Academy converter · 965 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.7
Drapers' Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,196 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.8
Emerson Park Academy
Academy converter · 1,020 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.7
Gaynes School
Academy sponsor led · 501 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.7
Hall Mead School
Academy converter · 1,068 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.1
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.