Sanders Draper
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hornchurch, RM12 6RT
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College
Abbs Cross Lane, Hornchurch, RM12 4YB
Local ranking13th of 18 secondary schools in Havering
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
888
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 14 December 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 171
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 887
- Boys
- 458 (52%)
- Girls
- 424 (48%)
- Capacity
- 888 (99% full)
- SEND
- 38.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.9%
- EAL
- 20.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 36.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,384/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 60.8%
- White Other: 13.8%
- Mixed Other: 5.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 2.9%
- Black African: 2.8%
- Black Other: 2.8%
- Asian Indian: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
60.8%
White British
13.8%
White Other
5.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Abbs Cross Lane
Hornchurch, London
Administrative
- URN
- 136663
- UKPRN
- 10033379
- Establishment No.
- 5401
- Trust
- LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
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