Hornchurch High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 5 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Havering
Unique reference
143946
Address
Broadstone Road, RM12 4AJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
717 (76% of total capacity)
Boys
56.9%
Girls
43.1%
First language not English
34%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.5%
Persistent absence
17.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 33.5%
Other White 17.4%
African 9.9%
Mixed 8.1%
Unclassified 5.4%
Bangladeshi 5.3%
Indian 4.9%
Other Black 3.2%
Pakistani 3.1%
Other Asian 3.1%
Caribbean 2.8%
Other 2.2%
Chinese 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 60%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 61%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.9
Local authority average 47.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.87
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE28
BiologyGCSE9
Business Studies:SingleGCSE60
ChemistryGCSE9
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE132
English LiteratureGCSE131
GeographyGCSE75
HistoryGCSE64
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Hornchurch High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
109
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
66
2nd preference
81
3rd preference
76
From another Local Authority
55
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
66
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
15
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 classes24.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
152
96
56
Year 8
156
85
71
Year 9
129
68
61
Year 10
143
83
60
Year 11
137
76
61
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
86.0%
85.5%
Further education
59.0%
46.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
29.0%
37.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023