Harris Academy Chafford Hundred

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 21 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
1466 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
31.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.9%
Persistent absence
12.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 32%
African 19.2%
Other White 15.5%
Mixed 9.8%
Indian 4.8%
Pakistani 4.5%
Other Black 2.5%
Chinese 2.3%
Other Asian 2.1%
Bangladeshi 2%
Caribbean 2%
Unclassified 2%
Other 1%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.53
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 78%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 69%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.6
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.28
Local authority average 3.84
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award12
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award14
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award25
Ancient HistoryGCSE9
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE41
Business Studies:SingleGCSE87
ChemistryGCSE41
ChineseGCSE23
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Harris Academy Chafford Hundred

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
393
2nd preference
264
3rd preference
151
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
198
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
191
97
94
Year 8
193
112
81
Year 9
221
113
108
Year 10
190
96
94
Year 11
219
104
115
Year 12
202
82
120
Year 13
250
124
126
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
84.8%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
53.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
65.0%
30.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.5%
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
84.0%
65.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
19.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
29.0%
17.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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