Passmores Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D45
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Harlow, CM18 6JH
- Distance
- 9.7km away
The Ongar Academy
Ongar, CM5 0AN
Local ranking63rd of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
800
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2023 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 1 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 30.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 44.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 94
Source: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2025-26. These are provisional figures; the DfE publishes revised figures later in the school year. Percentages count every pupil at the end of key stage 4, including any who did not enter English and maths.
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2022-23*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D
Avg A-Level Grade
20.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 34.2
20.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 34.7
29
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 3.8% nat15.8%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 29
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 511
- Boys
- 244 (52%)
- Girls
- 223 (48%)
- Capacity
- 800 (58% full)
- SEND
- 14.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.3%
- EAL
- 5.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.1%
- SEN Support
- 10.4%
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,200/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.9%
- White Other: 3.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
87.9%
White British
3.8%
White Other
2.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Ongar, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 141947
- UKPRN
- 10053418
- Establishment No.
- 4016
- Trust
- BRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST
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