Hornchurch High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Hornchurch, Havering·RM12 4AJ
Composite score
67.5
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#540
National rank
#168
In London
#3
In Havering
Top 17%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
54.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
61%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
77%
% EBacc grade 5+
30%
EBacc average points score
4.88

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
102 first choices, 165 places
First choices per place
0.62
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
465
any preference, for 165 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6220220.5420230.4220240.6120250.622026

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

Every child who put Hornchurch High School 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
717
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
34.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,401
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
91%
153 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
89%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Hornchurch High School at a glance

Located in Hornchurch, Havering, Hornchurch High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 717 pupils aged 11 to 16. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 54.0, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 17% of secondary schools in England.

61% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 77% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Hornchurch High School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 102 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 13.4 pupils per teacher. Hornchurch High School 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 above.

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