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Harris Academy Ockendon

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,440Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 147537URN

Erriff Drive, South Ockendon, RM15 5AY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
close to Thurrock median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Thurrock

604 applications for 236 places · 7th of 13 in Thurrock
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
47.7of 90
6th of 13 in Thurrock
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 27 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

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
2.6applications per place, Year 7
close to Thurrock median (2.6) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

604 applications · 236 places offered · 265 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Thurrock median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.4; Thurrock median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.0; Thurrock median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.1; Thurrock median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.7; Thurrock median median 2.2
  6. 2021 1.7; Thurrock median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.9; Thurrock median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.5; Thurrock median median 1.7; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.5; Thurrock median median 1.8; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.4; Thurrock median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.8; Thurrock median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.6; Thurrock median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Thurrock median median 1.7; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Thurrock median in 0 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Thurrock median

Dashed bars: as The Ockendon Academy (URN 136387), The Ockendon School (URN 115216), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262366042.62651.12
Sep 20252385602.42511.05
Sep 20242394762.02531.06
Sep 20232404932.12210.92
Sep 20222394031.72421.01
Sep 20212374081.72581.09
Sep 20202404431.92541.06
Sep 2019 *2503641.52300.92
Sep 2018 *2373541.52090.88
Sep 2017 *2373421.42040.86
Sep 2016 *2093721.82251.08
Sep 2015 *2073321.62050.99
Sep 2014 *2083081.51890.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

230 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.76th of 13 in Thurrock
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%6th of 13 in Thurrock
Grade 4 or above in English and maths71%
  • This school
  • Thurrock median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.46
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23047.747%71%–
2024/2523747.349%68%–
2023/2424052.662%78%+0.46
2022/2323550.454%67%+0.29

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

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  • Urgent improvement
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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
147537 · 883/4003
Trust
Harris Federation
Free school meals
28.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2019
Replaced
The Ockendon Academy (URN 136387); The Ockendon School (URN 115216)
Address
Erriff Drive, South Ockendon, RM15 5AY
Local authority
Thurrock

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