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Emerson Park Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,020Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 137414URN

Wych Elm Road, Hornchurch, RM11 3AD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.2per place
close to Havering median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Havering

673 applications for 210 places · 6th of 18 in Havering
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.3of 90
16th of 18 in Havering

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 16 June 2026Published 9 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 16 June 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard
  2. 21 June 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

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
3.2applications per place, Year 7
close to Havering median (3.1) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

673 applications · 210 places offered · 104 named it first

  1. 2026 3.2; Havering median median 3.1
  2. 2025 3.3; Havering median median 3.3
  3. 2024 3.5; Havering median median 2.8
  4. 2023 3.5; Havering median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.8; Havering median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.7; Havering median median 2.7
  7. 2020 4.7; Havering median median 2.9
  8. 2019 4.9; Havering median median 2.8
  9. 2018 4.9; Havering median median 2.7
  10. 2017 4.9; Havering median median 3.2
  11. 2016 4.7; Havering median median 3.5
  12. 2015 4.9; Havering median median 3.1
  13. 2014 4.4; Havering median median 2.9
More applications per place than the Havering median in 12 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 20262106733.21040.50
Sep 20251906183.31080.57
Sep 20242087283.51190.57
Sep 20232077193.51430.69
Sep 20222007503.81350.68
Sep 20212107663.71500.71
Sep 20202079684.72010.97
Sep 20192091,0324.92341.12
Sep 20182081,0244.91950.94
Sep 20172081,0124.92251.08
Sep 20162099804.72191.05
Sep 20151919344.91921.01
Sep 20141928534.42261.18

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

202 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.316th of 18 in Havering
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%13th of 18 in Havering
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%
  • This school
  • Havering median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.24
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20241.339%63%–
2024/2520744.745%67%–
2023/2421047.247%72%−0.24
2022/2320647.545%70%−0.25

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

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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
137414 · 311/4006
Trust
Emerson Park Academy
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
960 pupils · 1,020 on roll
Free school meals
24.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Replaced
Emerson Park School (URN 102340)
Address
Wych Elm Road, Hornchurch, RM11 3AD
Local authority
Havering

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