Alec Hunter Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,058 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7
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King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 812of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 33.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 132
- Ofsted
- Report card, 21 April 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Needs attentionInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: King Harold School (URN 115331, until 1 November 2010).
What the data says
King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy has no sixth form. Of the 129 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 61% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Essex, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 55% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
As an 11–16 school, King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Essex and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 129 | 15,970 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 22% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 61% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.5 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 55% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 14% | 39% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.02 | 3.97 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 30% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.5 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 39.1 | 48.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 132 | 100% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 58% |
| English Literature | 132 | 100% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 59% |
| English Language | 132 | 100% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 57% |
| Combined Science | 93 | 70% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 32% |
| Sociology | 72 | 55% | 4% | 7% | 21% | 46% |
| History | 50 | 38% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 66% |
| Geography | 41 | 31% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 32% |
| Photography | 32 | 24% | 6% | 16% | 19% | 63% |
| Physics | 31 | 23% | 23% | 19% | 46% | 71% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 23% | 23% | 7% | 47% | 47% |
| Biology | 30 | 23% | 23% | 10% | 45% | 67% |
| Art and Design | 24 | 18% | 7% | 17% | 24% | 71% |
| Design and Technology | 24 | 18% | 11% | 17% | 23% | 29% |
| German | 22 | 17% | 5% | 9% | 33% | 77% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 11% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 33% |
| Music | 14 | 11% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| Religious Studies | 13 | 10% | 31% | 0% | 32% | 54% |
| French | 12 | 9% | 18% | 17% | 29% | 25% |
| Turkish | 6 | 5% | 0% | 33% | 71% | 83% |
| Drama | 6 | 5% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 28 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 24 | — | — |
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Becket Keys Church of England Free School
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Brentwood County High School
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.