Haberdashers' Crayford Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 1 2022 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
Bexley
Unique reference
135951
Address
Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, DA1 4RS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1066 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
12.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.7%
Persistent absence
26.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 49%
African 24.4%
Other White 7.5%
Mixed 7.4%
Other Asian 2.7%
Indian 1.8%
Caribbean 1.7%
Other Black 1.5%
Other 1%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.6
Local authority average 49.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.74
Local authority average 4.41
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award152
Health StudiesTechnical Award40
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award17
Speech & DramaTechnical Award22
Art & DesignGCSE32
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE25
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE51
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Haberdashers' Crayford Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
190
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
193
2nd preference
137
3rd preference
112
From another Local Authority
40
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
152
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes23.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
83
94
Year 8
173
97
76
Year 9
173
96
77
Year 10
166
80
86
Year 11
164
91
73
Year 12
127
44
83
Year 13
86
34
52
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
90.8%
86.5%
Further education
26.0%
18.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
58.0%
62.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
8.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
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
55.0%
73.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
3.0%
28.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
2.0%
24.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
3.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020