Bower Park Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 13 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Havering
Unique reference
139307
Address
Havering Road, RM1 4YY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1016 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
17.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.7%
Persistent absence
30.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 62.6%
Other White 10.9%
Mixed 8%
African 4.8%
Other 3.3%
Unclassified 2.2%
Pakistani 2%
Bangladeshi 1.9%
Caribbean 1.3%
Other Black 1.1%
Indian 1%
Other Asian 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 60%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.8
Local authority average 47.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.23
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award4
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE37
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE38
English LanguageGCSE187
English LiteratureGCSE185
FrenchGCSE65
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Bower Park Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
178
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
101
2nd preference
96
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
101
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes24.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
207
106
101
Year 8
206
120
86
Year 9
204
108
96
Year 10
204
92
112
Year 11
195
99
96
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
86.0%
85.5%
Further education
55.0%
46.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
23.0%
37.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
5.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
3.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023