Hall Mead School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 27 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Havering
Unique reference
137197
Address
Marlborough Gardens, RM14 1SF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1069 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
57.2%
Girls
42.8%
First language not English
12.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.9%
Persistent absence
16.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.6%
Mixed 7.3%
Other White 6.5%
African 2.7%
Indian 2.3%
Unclassified 1.4%
Pakistani 1.2%
Other 1.2%
Other Asian 1.1%
Chinese 1%
Caribbean 0.9%
Other Black 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 72%
Local authority average 62%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47
Local authority average 47.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.4
Local authority average 4.26
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE46
BiologyGCSE36
Business Studies:SingleGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE36
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE6
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE208
English LiteratureGCSE205
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Hall Mead School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
201
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
267
2nd preference
340
3rd preference
240
From another Local Authority
93
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
216
124
92
Year 8
214
126
88
Year 9
213
118
95
Year 10
214
128
86
Year 11
212
115
97
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
88.0%
85.6%
Further education
53.0%
49.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
32.0%
37.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
3.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023