Academy sponsor led · Havering

Sanders Draper

11–16Ages
732Pupils
SecondaryPhase
146309URN

Suttons Lane, Hornchurch, RM12 6RT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.2per place

close to Havering median (3.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Havering

465 applications for 147 places · 8th of 18 in Havering

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

42.7of 90

Havering 48.2 England 46.0

13th of 18 in Havering

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 10 January 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		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) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

465 applications · 147 places offered · 134 named it first

2026 3.2; Havering median median 3.1
2025 3.6; Havering median median 3.3
2024 3.2; Havering median median 2.8
2023 3.0; Havering median median 2.7
2022 2.7; Havering median median 2.7
2021 2.9; Havering median median 2.7
2020 3.3; Havering median median 2.9
2019 3.0; Havering median median 2.8
2018 3.0; Havering median median 2.7; as the previous school
2017 3.3; Havering median median 3.2; as the previous school
2016 3.4; Havering median median 3.5; as the previous school
2015 3.4; Havering median median 3.1; as the previous school
2014 3.2; Havering median median 2.9; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Havering median in 7 of 8 years.

This school
Havering median

Dashed bars: as Sanders School (URN 102341), 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	147	465	3.2	134	0.91
Sep 2025	146	522	3.6	161	1.10
Sep 2024	175	558	3.2	172	0.98
Sep 2023	143	431	3.0	164	1.15
Sep 2022	145	389	2.7	131	0.90
Sep 2021	112	328	2.9	82	0.73
Sep 2020	107	355	3.3	83	0.78
Sep 2019	142	429	3.0	102	0.72
Sep 2018 *	138	411	3.0	108	0.78
Sep 2017 *	138	458	3.3	107	0.78
Sep 2016 *	127	435	3.4	105	0.83
Sep 2015 *	124	416	3.4	83	0.67
Sep 2014 *	116	376	3.2	85	0.73

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

116 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.713th of 18 in Havering

Havering 48.2 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths31%18th of 18 in Havering

Havering 45% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%

Havering 66% England 66%

This school
Havering median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.37

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	116	42.7	31%	60%	–
2024/25	114	44.4	31%	66%	–
2023/24	128	41.9	36%	61%	−0.37
2022/23	139	44.7	40%	68%	−0.45

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

Sanders DraperThis school
This school

Good2023

3.2applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College
0.6 km · Havering

Remains Good2022

3.2applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
Hornchurch High School
1.4 km · Havering

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School
2.1 km · Havering

Graded · no overall grade2024

4.0applications per place 59.5Attainment 8
The Brittons Academy
2.4 km · Havering

Good2022

2.3applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
Gaynes School
2.6 km · Havering

Good2022

3.2applications per place 51.7Attainment 8
The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls
2.8 km · Havering

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.7applications per place 52.8Attainment 8
Emerson Park Academy
2.9 km · Havering

2026

3.2applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
Brook Sixth Form and Academy
3.2 km · Barking and Dagenham

Graded · no overall grade2024

42.9Attainment 8

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 sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 146309 · 311/4016
Trust: Sfaet Ltd
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 918 pupils · 732 on roll
Free school meals: 24.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2018
Replaced: Sanders School (URN 102341)
Address: Suttons Lane, Hornchurch, RM12 6RT
Local authority: Havering

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