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Hall Mead School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,068Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 137197URN

Marlborough Gardens, Upminster, RM14 1SF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.2per place
2.1 above Havering median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Havering

1,064 applications for 204 places · 3rd of 18 in Havering
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.5of 90
8th of 18 in Havering
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 26 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
5.2applications per place, Year 7
2.1 above Havering median (3.1) 3.0 above England median (2.2)

1,064 applications · 204 places offered · 241 named it first

  1. 2026 5.2; Havering median median 3.1
  2. 2025 5.1; Havering median median 3.3
  3. 2024 5.5; Havering median median 2.8
  4. 2023 4.7; Havering median median 2.7
  5. 2022 4.4; Havering median median 2.7
  6. 2021 4.4; Havering median median 2.7
  7. 2020 5.1; Havering median median 2.9
  8. 2019 5.1; Havering median median 2.8
  9. 2018 5.0; Havering median median 2.7
  10. 2017 5.7; Havering median median 3.2
  11. 2016 5.6; Havering median median 3.5
  12. 2015 5.7; Havering median median 3.1
  13. 2014 4.8; Havering median median 2.9
More applications per place than the Havering median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Havering median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262041,0645.22411.18
Sep 20252001,0135.12271.14
Sep 20242011,0985.52671.33
Sep 20231919064.72431.27
Sep 20221998804.42381.20
Sep 20212018774.42181.08
Sep 20201969895.12181.11
Sep 20192031,0335.11950.96
Sep 20181869315.01971.06
Sep 20171861,0675.72181.17
Sep 20161921,0755.62341.22
Sep 20151911,0805.72471.29
Sep 20141929134.82231.16

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

209 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.58th of 18 in Havering
Grade 5 or above in English and maths55%8th of 18 in Havering
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%
  • This school
  • Havering median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.35
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20951.555%77%–
2024/2521050.151%75%–
2023/2421250.957%74%+0.35
2022/2319847.052%74%−0.16

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137197 · 311/4000
Trust
Empower Learning Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
982 pupils · 1,068 on roll
Free school meals
13.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
Hall Mead School (URN 102337)
Address
Marlborough Gardens, Upminster, RM14 1SF
Local authority
Havering

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources