Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College
Academy converter · 882 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
Academy sponsor led
St Edward's Church of England Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 918of 1,334 places
- Free school meals
- 31.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 111
- Ofsted
- Report card, 6 May 2026Read the Ofsted report
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Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Edward's Church of England School & Sixth Form College (URN 137145, until 31 March 2018).
What the data says
Of the 86 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Edward's Church of England Academy in 2023, 71% stayed on in St Edward's Church of England Academy’s own sixth form (Havering average 37%), 22% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Among the 26 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 77% went to university (Havering 60%, England 37%), and 12% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.
A level grades average D, well below the England average of B-; 2% of students achieved AAB or better including two facilitating subjects (England 18%). The largest A level subjects are Economics, Business Studies and Psychology.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils 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 | This school | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 86 | 2,968 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 99% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 99% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 71% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 6% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 22% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 1% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students in the cohort | 26 | 839 | 541,441 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 92% | 79% |
| University (higher education) | 77% | 60% | 37% |
| — most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students | 12% | 31% | 19% |
| Further education | 0% | 1% | 5% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 13% | 7% |
| Employment | 8% | 17% | 28% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 16% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.1 | 47.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 81% | 60% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.04 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 31% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.4 | 36.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.5 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 18% | 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 | 111 | 100% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 72% |
| English Language | 110 | 99% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 73% |
| Combined Science | 109 | 98% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 54% |
| English Literature | 108 | 97% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 74% |
| Religious Studies | 103 | 93% | 31% | 12% | 32% | 57% |
| History | 61 | 55% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 62% |
| Geography | 48 | 43% | 41% | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| Chinese | 38 | 34% | 1% | 11% | 75% | 32% |
| Citizenship Studies | 30 | 27% | 3% | 23% | 19% | 87% |
| Business Studies | 30 | 27% | 18% | 3% | 20% | 63% |
| Computer Science | 29 | 26% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 45% |
| French | 27 | 24% | 18% | 15% | 29% | 59% |
| Art and Design | 26 | 23% | 7% | 8% | 24% | 35% |
| Sociology | 26 | 23% | 4% | 8% | 21% | 58% |
| Drama | 24 | 22% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 67% |
| Spanish | 24 | 22% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 50% |
| Physical Education | 20 | 18% | 11% | 5% | 24% | 45% |
| Design and Technology | 19 | 17% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 42% |
| Music | 12 | 11% | 5% | 8% | 33% | 50% |
| Portuguese | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
| Measure | This school | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students at the end of 16–18 study | 120 | — | — |
| — of whom A level students | 54 | 866 | 261,341 |
| Average A level grade | D | C+ | B- |
| Average points per A level entry | 20.58 | 33.46 | 35.00 |
| Average grade, best 3 A levels | D | C+ | B- |
| AAB or better with two facilitating subjects | 2% | 10% | 18% |
| Average grade, applied general courses | — | — | — |
| Average grade, T levels | — | — | — |
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 20 | 37% | 13% |
| Business Studies | 20 | 37% | 13% |
| Psychology | 16 | 30% | 23% |
| Mathematics | 15 | 28% | 31% |
| Politics | 14 | 26% | 6% |
| Biology | 11 | 20% | 20% |
| Sociology | 11 | 20% | 13% |
| Chemistry | 8 | 15% | 17% |
| Geography | 6 | 11% | 10% |
| History | — | — | 13% |
| Physics | — | — | 12% |
| Spanish | — | — | 2% |
| Product Design | — | — | 2% |
| English Literature | — | — | 11% |
| Computer Science | — | — | 5% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Sciences | BTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D* | 9 | 17% | — |
| Further Mathematics | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
| Further Mathematics | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | BTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D* | — | — | — |
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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.