Schools have been ranked on their ‘Attainment 8’ score which is based on how well pupils have performed in up to eight qualifications including English, maths, three English Baccalaureat qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and three additional approved qualifications.
The percentage of pupils who achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs was also documented as well as the number of 2023 school leavers who stayed in education.
Progress 8 scores were unable to be calculated because there is no key stage two assessment data available to calculate the baseline for Progress 8 for these years due to Covid-19 disruption.
According to the data, Havering’s top performing secondary school in the latest GCSEs was Sacred Heart of Mary’s Girls School in St Marys Lane, Upminster.
This school registered an Attainment 8 score of 62.1.
It also had the second highest percentage of pupils achieving grade 5 or higher in English and maths with 70 per cent.
The school with the second highest Attainment 8 score was The Coopers’ Company and Coborn School, also in St Mary’s Lane, Upminster.
It registered a 58.1 attainment 8 score with 70.8pc of students achieving grade 5 or higher in English and maths – the highest of all government funded schools in the borough.
Hornchurch High School in Broadstone Road had an Attainment 8 score of 53.9, with 61.3pc of pupils achieving a grade 5 or higher in English and maths.
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At the other end of the ranking, Bower Park Academy in Havering Road was the government funded school with the lowest Attainment 8 score with 37.8.
A total of 31.4pc of pupils achieved grade 5 or higher in English and maths – the third lowest in the list after The Brittons Academy with 27.1pc and Sanders Draper with 30.7pc.
Full ranking of schools based on Attainment 8 score
- Sacred Heart of Mary Girls’ School – 62.1
- The Coopers’ Company and Coborn School – 58.1
- Hornchurch High School – 53.9
- The Campion School – 52.7
- The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls – 51.3
- The Royal Liberty School – 50.9
- Gaynes School – 50.3
- Harris Academy Rainham – 50.3
- Hall Mead School – 50.1
- Redden Court School – 47.3
- Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College – 45.3
- Emerson Park Academy – 44.6
- Sanders Draper – 44.3
- St Edward’s Church of England Academy – 44.1
- Marshalls Park Academy – 42.8
- The Brittons Academy – 39.5
- Drapers’ Academy – 38.8
- Bower Park Academy – 37.8
