King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy

Academy converter · Secondary school · Waltham Abbey, Essex
EN9 1LF
Composite score
45.6

School overview

King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy is a secondary school serving Waltham Abbey, Essex, classified by the DfE as an academy converter. It has 797 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 36.5, below the national average of 46. That is down 2.2 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

32% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 55% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#2,891
National rank
#328
In East of England
#69
In Essex
Top 91%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
36.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
32%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
55%
% EBacc grade 5+
3%
EBacc average points score
3.02

School profile

Pupils on roll 797 % FSM ever-6 34.5% % EAL 16.6% Age range 11–16 Gender Mixed

Location

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