Hornchurch High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Havering
Broadstone Road, Hornchurch, RM12 4AJ
73
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.7%
18.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
661
Capacity used
Has space71%
932 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
66 of 66 families who put it first got an offer
109
Places offered
359
Total applications
3.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 66 | 66 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 81 | 14 | ● 17% |
| 3rd preference | 76 | 9 | ● 12% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 136 | 9 | ● 7% |
| Total | 359 | 98 | 27% |
1st preference success by year
Havering lets families list 6 preferences. 55 applications came from outside the council area (15 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Serena Madhvani
- Address
- Broadstone Road, Hornchurch, RM12 4AJ
- Phone
- 01708691441
- Local authority
- Havering
- Ward / constituency
- Hylands & Harrow Lodge · Romford
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 143946
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 32% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 32% | — | — |
| SEN support | 6% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: PARTNERSHIP LEARNING
661 pupils · 932 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
06 February 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 784 pupils
Attendance
92.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.32 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 55% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 73% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.60 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 54 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 61.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 77.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 41.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.88 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 132 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 132 | 30% | 67% | 80% | |
| English Language | 132 | 23% | 64% | 78% | |
| English Literature | 131 | 18% | 70% | 89% | |
| Combined Science | 122 | 25% | 63% | 81% | |
| Geography | 75 | 25% | 57% | 68% | |
| History | 64 | 34% | 56% | 73% | |
| Business | 60 | 37% | 72% | 85% | |
| Spanish | 52 | 58% | 85% | 90% | |
| Art and Design | 28 | 21% | 39% | 68% | |
| Drama | 27 | 0% | 11% | 30% | |
| Computer Science | 15 | 53% | 73% | 80% | |
| Biology | 9 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Havering council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.