Haberdashers' Crayford Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 30 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
1078 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
15.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.8%
Persistent absence
22.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 49.8%
African 22.8%
Other White 8%
Mixed 8%
Other Asian 2.5%
Other Black 1.8%
Indian 1.6%
Other 1.4%
Caribbean 1.2%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Unclassified 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.1
Local authority average 50.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.79
Local authority average 4.51
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award73
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award45
Health StudiesTechnical Award50
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award16
Speech & DramaTechnical Award14
Sports StudiesTechnical Award141
Art & DesignGCSE25
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE25
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Haberdashers' Crayford Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
191
2nd preference
123
3rd preference
100
From another Local Authority
53
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
154
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
96
83
Year 8
179
84
95
Year 9
173
95
78
Year 10
168
93
75
Year 11
159
80
79
Year 12
99
47
52
Year 13
121
41
80
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
88.4%
85.5%
Further education
31.0%
21.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
47.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
6.0%
9.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
73.0%
72.2%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
28.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
4.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022