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Harris Academy Rainham

Secondary · Rainham · RM13 9XD

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Good (2019)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Good in 2019. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.

Inspected 15 May 2019

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At a glance

913 pupils (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
25.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
29.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
URN
143428

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 161 families named it first for 184 Year 7 places, 0.88 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 4.264 km (≈2.65 mi); distance decided places in 11 of the 11 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2016 to 2026. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2019. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.88 first-choice applications per place

184 places offered · 161 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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. Places by distance, last offered at 4.264 km (≈2.65 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 4.264 km (≈2.65 mi)

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
50.4
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
67.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
50.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.5
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.

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school50.4
Median of its 12 closest peers49
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
St Ignatius CollegeEnfield · 16 miles awayOutstanding54.8
Dixons City AcademyBradford · 177 miles awayOutstanding (2018)49.5
Kempston AcademyBedford · 51 miles awayGood (2018)40.3
Pendle Vale CollegeNelson · 190 miles awayExpected standard42.5
Walthamstow School for GirlsLondon · 11 miles awayOutstanding (2018)60
The Arnewood SchoolNew Milton · 97 miles awayNeeds attention37.6
Norlington School and 6th FormLondon · 10 miles awayGood48.6
Northwood SchoolNorthwood · 27 miles awayOutstanding (2018)58.4
Jane Austen CollegeNorwich · 90 miles awayOutstanding53.7
The Highcrest AcademyHigh Wycombe · 41 miles awayNo current grade38.5
St Damian's RC Science CollegeAshton-under-Lyne · 168 miles awayOutstanding55.1
St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyBury · 178 miles awayGood46

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
20 of 20 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 41% (Havering 50%, England 59%) · Black African 11% (Havering 8%, England 5%) · Any other White background 11% (Havering 12%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 9% (Havering 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 5% (Havering 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Havering 3%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Havering 3%, England 5%) · Not recorded 3% (Havering 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Havering 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Havering 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Havering 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Havering 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Havering 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Havering 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Havering 2%, England 2%)

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)
6.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

10.32 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · 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
16.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 11% 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)

85.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.5 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 £51,616; 14% 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£10,435
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 12% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£425,000

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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
93%
Continuing in education
85%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
3%

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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier73.3%62.3%
Social housing8.3%17.1%
Privately rented17.8%20.5%
Detached houses18.5%22.9%
Flats15.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms16.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van16.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002344 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£424,000264 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£357,000–£466,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (26)£485,000
Semi-detached (91)£445,000
Terraced (104)£420,000
Flat (43)£230,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (4.26 km, 2026 entry): 2,452 sales, median £406,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
19an 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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