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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 9 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 15 May 2019Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry336 applications · 184 places offered · 161 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Havering median median 3.1
- 2025 1.8; Havering median median 3.3
- 2024 2.0; Havering median median 2.8
- 2023 2.1; Havering median median 2.7
- 2022 2.0; Havering median median 2.7
- 2021 1.9; Havering median median 2.7
- 2020 2.5; Havering median median 2.9
- 2019 2.5; Havering median median 2.8
- 2018 2.3; Havering median median 2.7
- 2017 1.7; Havering median median 3.2
- 2016 1.8; Havering median median 3.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Havering median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Havering median median 2.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Havering median
Dashed bars: as The Chafford School, A Specialist Business and Enterprise College (URN 140300), The Chafford School, A Specialist Business and Enterprise College (URN 102342), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 184 | 336 | 1.8 | 161 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 174 | 320 | 1.8 | 172 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 175 | 352 | 2.0 | 183 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2023 | 173 | 366 | 2.1 | 184 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 176 | 350 | 2.0 | 172 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 178 | 341 | 1.9 | 179 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 175 | 440 | 2.5 | 193 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 | 176 | 434 | 2.5 | 224 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2018 | 178 | 410 | 2.3 | 216 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2017 | 194 | 321 | 1.7 | 174 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 194 | 349 | 1.8 | 190 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 * | 188 | 318 | 1.7 | 158 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2014 * | 192 | 328 | 1.7 | 162 | 0.84 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 171 | 48.2 | 47% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 173 | 50.4 | 50% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 178 | 52.7 | 57% | 73% | +0.56 |
| 2022/23 | 175 | 48.3 | 37% | 62% | +0.05 |
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
- Harris Academy RainhamThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · HaveringGood20222.3applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · ThurrockRequires improvement20241.6applications per place 37.6Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · HaveringGood20233.2applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Barking and DagenhamStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · HaveringRemains Good20223.2applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Barking and DagenhamGraded · no overall grade202442.9Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Bexley20262.3applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · Thurrock20262.3applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 143428 · 311/4007
- Trust
- Harris Federation
- Free school meals
- 25.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- The Chafford School, A Specialist Business and Enterprise College (URN 140300); The Chafford School, A Specialist Business and Enterprise College (URN 102342)
- Address
- Lambs Lane South, Rainham, RM13 9XD
- Local authority
- Havering
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources