Atam Academy
All-through · Romford · RM6 4XX
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 11 June 2024
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1,083 pupils · 87% of 1,250 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Free schools
- Age range
- 3–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Sikh
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 51.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 6.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- https://atamacademy.com/
- URN
- 142896
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 46 Year 7 places, 0.61 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 1.548 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 5 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 11 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.91 first-choice applications per place46 places offered · 42 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.61 first-choice applications per place46 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.462 miles
measured by shortest walking route.
Furthest child admitted, by admission rule (2026 entry)
- 1 Sikh Faith - 11 Points
- 1.35 miles
- 2 Sikh Faith - 13 Points
- 3.352 miles
- 3 Sikh Faith - 15 Points
- 3.625 miles
- 4 Sikh Faith - Sibling
- 4.178 miles
- 5 Non Sikh - Sibling
- 2.053 miles
Places were not all filled that year, so these distances show how far the furthest child admitted under each rule lived, not how close you needed to be.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.548 miles
measurement method not stated by the council.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Romford school admissions · Redbridge school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
62 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
GCSE results (2024/2025)
117 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
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.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Indian 84% (Redbridge 16%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Redbridge 8%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Redbridge 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Redbridge 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Redbridge 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Redbridge 21%, England 5%) · Black African 1% (Redbridge 6%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Redbridge 16%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Redbridge 9%, England 7%) · Not recorded 1% (Redbridge 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
6.40 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Redbridge: 6.39 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% 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)
86.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.8 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 £50,186; 13.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 78% (78%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 5% (4%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve -£413,000; in-year balance +£394,000
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Inspection history since 2015
- 11 June 2024: Good
- 4 May 2022: Requires improvement
- 25 May 2021: S8 No Formal Designation Visit
- 19 November 2020: S8 No Formal Designation Visit
- 15 May 2019: Outstanding
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 37.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 22.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 30.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 19% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 46.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 80.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 6.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 13.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 4.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 21.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 25.5% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 19.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003663 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £444,500241 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £275,000–£510,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 13an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 78an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 15an 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