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Hornchurch High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Broadstone Road, Hornchurch RM12 4AJ · hornchurchhigh.com · 01708 691441
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 54
- average Attainment 8 score. Havering 47.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 661
- 71% of 932 places
- Local authority
- Havering
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 31.9%
- First language not English
- 39.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Partnership Learning
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 102 families put the school first and 165 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 | 165 | 102 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 109 | 66 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 167 | 70 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 172 | 93 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 102 | 63 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 54, and 61.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲54 | 46 | ||
| ▲61.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲77.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ●41.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.88 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 137189)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 28.6 | +7.1 |
| Sixth form college | 0.6 | −0.1 |
| Further education | 54.5 | −9.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.6 | — |
| Employment | 1.9 | −1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.8 | −0.3 |
| Activity not captured | 5.8 | +3.6 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 February 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Hornchurch High School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 5 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 137189), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2023Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137189)
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 38
- 5% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on 6 parents (16%) whose child was bullied
based on 13 parents (34%) with SEND