Harris Academy Ockendon

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 28 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Thurrock
Unique reference
147537
Address
Erriff Drive, RM15 5AY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1435 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
52.9%
Girls
47.1%
First language not English
26.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
23%
Persistent absence
18.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 51.9%
Other White 16.4%
African 10.8%
Mixed 7.1%
Other Black 3.6%
Other 1.6%
Indian 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Other Asian 1.4%
Pakistani 1.2%
Caribbean 1.1%
Chinese 0.8%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
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
0.29
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 91%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.4
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.79
Local authority average 3.84
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award49
Health StudiesTechnical Award29
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE50
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE63
ChemistryGCSE30
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE45
English LanguageGCSE232
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Harris Academy Ockendon

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
239
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
253
2nd preference
65
3rd preference
69
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
222
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
246
139
107
Year 8
242
128
114
Year 9
234
125
109
Year 10
233
122
111
Year 11
240
137
103
Year 12
109
53
56
Year 13
131
55
76
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
84.8%
86.5%
Further education
45.0%
53.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
30.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
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
51.0%
65.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
2.0%
19.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
2.0%
17.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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