Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Hornchurch · RM12 6RT · Havering
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 136663
Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College
Academy converter · Hornchurch · RM12 4YB
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
882
Local authority
Havering
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Hornchurch, Havering, 882 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 26.8%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 136663
Location
- Address
- Abbs Cross Lane
- Postcode
- RM12 4YB
- Town
- Hornchurch
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Havering
- District
- Havering
- Constituency
- Hornchurch and Upminster
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 882
- Boys / girls
- 458 / 424
- School capacity
- 888
- Capacity fill
- 882 / 888 (99%)
- Free school meals
- 26.8%
- FSM pupils
- 236
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
- Academy trust
- LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
- Sponsor
- Loxford School Trust Ltd
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Jethwa
- Telephone
- 01708440304
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-02-08
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 45.3
- Progress 8
- -0.2
- English & maths grade 5+
- 40%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 61%
- EBacc entry
- 62%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9