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Hornchurch High School
- Pupils on roll
- 661of 932 places
- Free school meals
- 31.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 132
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 6 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Albany School (URN 137189, until 1 December 2016).
What the data says
Hornchurch High School has no sixth form. Of the 153 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 59% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 54.0 against 46.1 across England and 47.2 in Havering, with 61% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Drama is unusually popular at GCSE: 20% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 | Hornchurch High School | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 153 | 2,968 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 29% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 59% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Hornchurch High School | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 54.0 | 47.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 61% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 42% | 60% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.88 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 44.7 | 36.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 57.8 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 30% | 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 | 132 | 100% | 89% | 23% | 20% | 78% |
| Mathematics | 132 | 100% | 88% | 30% | 22% | 80% |
| English Literature | 131 | 99% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 89% |
| Combined Science | 122 | 92% | 65% | 25% | 9% | 81% |
| Geography | 75 | 57% | 41% | 25% | 25% | 68% |
| History | 64 | 48% | 41% | 34% | 26% | 73% |
| Business Studies | 60 | 45% | 18% | 37% | 20% | 85% |
| Spanish | 52 | 39% | 19% | 58% | 27% | 90% |
| Art and Design | 28 | 21% | 7% | 21% | 24% | 68% |
| Drama | 27 | 20% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 11% | 13% | 53% | 30% | 80% |
| Physics | 9 | 7% | 23% | 100% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 9 | 7% | 23% | 100% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 9 | 7% | 23% | 100% | 47% | 100% |
| Music | 8 | 6% | 5% | 25% | 33% | 63% |
| Portuguese | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Physical Education | 1 | 1% | 11% | — | 24% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health | 129 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 36 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 27 | — | — |
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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.