Harris Academy Chafford Hundred

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 20 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Thurrock
Unique reference
137549
Address
Mayflower Road, Chafford Hundred, RM16 6SA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1379 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
32.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.1%
Persistent absence
10.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 29.9%
African 18.3%
Other White 16.5%
Mixed 9.6%
Indian 5.3%
Pakistani 4.9%
Other Black 3.7%
Chinese 2.7%
Bangladeshi 2.3%
Other Asian 2%
Caribbean 1.8%
Unclassified 1.6%
Other 1.2%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 69%
Local authority average 43%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 68%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.5
Local authority average 45.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.16
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award22
Sports StudiesTechnical Award6
Ancient HistoryGCSE13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE86
ChemistryGCSE32
ChineseGCSE19
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE6
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Harris Academy Chafford Hundred

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
395
2nd preference
256
3rd preference
136
From another Local Authority
26
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
155
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes23.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
217
113
104
Year 8
192
96
96
Year 9
189
108
81
Year 10
217
111
106
Year 11
188
96
92
Year 12
182
81
101
Year 13
194
81
113
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
83.2%
85.5%
Further education
28.0%
52.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
63.0%
30.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.8%
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
68.0%
65.6%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
26.0%
22.2%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.3%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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