Haberdashers' Hatcham College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 27 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Lewisham
Unique reference
135073
Address
Pepys Road, New Cross, SE14 5SF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1376 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
18.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.1%
Persistent absence
19.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.2%
Pupil ethnicities
African 29.6%
White British 20.6%
Mixed 15.1%
Caribbean 9.5%
Other White 7.8%
Other 5.6%
Other Black 3.3%
Other Asian 2.3%
Unclassified 2%
Chinese 1.8%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Indian 0.7%
Irish 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 67%
Local authority average 52%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.2
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.76
Local authority average 4.11
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award17
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award41
Art & DesignGCSE31
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE37
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE13
BiologyGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE55
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE25
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Haberdashers' Hatcham College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
219
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
258
2nd preference
208
3rd preference
158
From another Local Authority
182
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
173
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
21
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
223
121
102
Year 8
223
116
107
Year 9
214
115
99
Year 10
219
109
110
Year 11
219
111
108
Year 12
156
64
92
Year 13
122
54
68
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
91.4%
86.5%
Further education
18.0%
21.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
58.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
16.0%
19.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
90.0%
83.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
29.0%
14.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
27.0%
13.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020