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King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Broomstick Hall Road, Waltham Abbey EN9 1LF · kha-tkat.org · 01992 714800
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 812
- 62 over 750 places · 108%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 33.5%
- First language not English
- 20.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 118 families put the school first and 178 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 178 | 118 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 149 | 116 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 210 | 161 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 180 | 137 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 156 | 143 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.5, and 31.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Essex it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼31.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼14.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.02 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 18.1 | −6.9 |
| Further education | 68.8 | +8.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.7 | −1 |
| Employment | 2.8 | −1.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.9 | +3.5 |
| Activity not captured | 2.8 | −0.6 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy on 21 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Needs attention
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 21 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jul 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jul 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (42 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 71%
- Replies
- 42
- 6% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (38%) with SEND