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Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Abbs Cross Lane, Hornchurch RM12 4YB · abbscross.net · 01708 440304
On the mapSearch near RM12 4YB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Havering 47.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 882
- 99% of 888 places
- Local authority
- Havering
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 26.8%
- First language not English
- 21.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 135 families put the school first and 168 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 168 | 135 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 178 | 158 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 174 | 140 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 179 | 164 | 0.9 | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 176 | 211 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | No distance given | |
| September 2025 | 2.45 mi3.95 km | |
| September 2024 | 12.06 mi19.41 km | |
The council gives no distance (N/A).
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.5, and 45.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Havering it was 47.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ●45.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲69.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲60.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.05 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 21.5 | +3 |
| Sixth form college | 1.7 | +1.1 |
| Further education | 60.5 | −5.5 |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 3.5 | −0.8 |
| Employment | 1.7 | −2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7 | +0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 3.5 | +2.9 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 December 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Dec 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (55 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 55
- 6% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied