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The Coopers' Company and Coborn School

Secondary · Upminster · RM14 3HS

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Strong standard

Inspected 12 May 2026 · report published 24 June 2026

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At a glance

1,568 pupils · 101% of 1,550 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Christian
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
5.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.cooperscoborn.org.uk/
URN
136600

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 383 families named it first for 205 Year 7 places, 1.87 first choices per place. We hold 14 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2013 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 12 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.87 first-choice applications per place

205 places offered · 383 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Havering resident (not including random allocation places)
0.866 km (≈0.54 mi)

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

209 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
58.2
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
87.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
71.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.4
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B
39.2
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school58.2
Median of its 12 closest peers57.1
Havering average48.1
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Roundwood Park SchoolHarpenden · 33 miles awayOutstanding59.5
Moulsham High SchoolChelmsford · 14 miles awayGood58.3
Christleton High SchoolChester · 172 miles awayGood54.8
The Minster SchoolSouthwell · 117 miles awayGood55.9
Balcarras SchoolCheltenham · 101 miles awayOutstanding58.5
John Taylor High SchoolBurton-on-Trent · 118 miles awayGood54.8
Thornden SchoolEastleigh · 80 miles awayExceptional59.9
Queen Elizabeth High SchoolHexham · 255 miles awayGood50.7
St George's SchoolHarpenden · 32 miles awayOutstanding63.7
Perins SchoolAlresford · 70 miles awayGood50.9
Newlands Girls' SchoolMaidenhead · 44 miles awayOutstanding55.6
Presdales SchoolWare · 21 miles awayOutstanding58.9

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 64% (Havering 50%, England 59%) · Any other White background 8% (Havering 12%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (Havering 8%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 4% (Havering 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Havering 3%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Havering 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Havering 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Havering 3%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Havering 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Havering 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Havering 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Havering 2%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Havering 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Havering 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Havering 3%, England 2%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.03 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Havering: 9.42 suspensions and 0.17 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

69.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £57,445; 6.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,994
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (6%) · supplies and services 11% (11%) · educational supplies 9% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 5% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £2,750,000; in-year balance +£364,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
99%
Continuing in education
95%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
62%
Apprenticeship
12%
Employment
13%
Any sustained destination
90%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health53%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.7%62.3%
Social housing2.7%17.1%
Privately rented14.6%20.5%
Detached houses11.8%22.9%
Flats7.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002384 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£644,000300 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£500,000–£760,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (38)£792,500
Semi-detached (178)£677,500
Terraced (33)£575,000
Flat (51)£312,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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