Emerson Park Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Hornchurch, Havering·RM11 3AD
Composite score
55.9
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#1,767
National rank
#364
In London
#12
In Havering
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
45%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
67%
% EBacc grade 5+
11%
EBacc average points score
3.83

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
104 first choices, 210 places
First choices per place
0.49
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
673
any preference, for 210 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6820220.6920230.5720240.5720250.492026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Emerson Park Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,034
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
15.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
23.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,199
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
206 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
85%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Emerson Park Academy

Emerson Park Academy is a secondary school in Hornchurch, Havering, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,034 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 44.7, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 2.5 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.

45% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 67% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Emerson Park Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 104 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 16.6 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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 above.

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