Gaynes School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 29 2022 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
144095
Address
Brackendale Gardens, RM14 3UX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
473 (40% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
13.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.8%
Persistent absence
13.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 52.9%
African 17.8%
Mixed 9%
Other White 8.5%
Other Black 3.6%
Caribbean 2.3%
Pakistani 1.5%
Indian 1.3%
Other Asian 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Chinese 0.6%
Other 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 74%
Local authority average 60%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.3
Local authority average 47.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.6
Local authority average 4.27
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE40
ChemistryGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE68
English LiteratureGCSE67
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE13
FrenchGCSE50
GeographyGCSE27
HistoryGCSE50
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Gaynes School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
110
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
63
2nd preference
100
3rd preference
114
From another Local Authority
91
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
63
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
51
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 classes24.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
122
55
67
Year 8
119
66
53
Year 9
84
50
34
Year 10
78
35
43
Year 11
70
34
36
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
86.0%
85.5%
Further education
36.0%
46.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
54.0%
37.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
0.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
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