Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College
Academy converter · 882 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
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The Royal Liberty School
- Pupils on roll
- 749of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 19.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 144
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 8 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Royal Liberty School (URN 102343, until 1 January 2017).
What the data says
The Royal Liberty School has no sixth form. Of the 137 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 54% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 60% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.0 against 46.1 across England and 47.2 in Havering, with 65% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 1% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 Havering and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Royal Liberty School | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 137 | 2,968 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 27% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 54% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Royal Liberty School | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.0 | 47.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 75% | 60% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.77 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 19% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 42.1 | 36.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.0 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 16% | 19% | 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 | 143 | 99% | 88% | 29% | 22% | 83% |
| English Language | 143 | 99% | 89% | 25% | 20% | 76% |
| English Literature | 140 | 97% | 86% | 28% | 21% | 84% |
| Combined Science | 92 | 64% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 57% |
| Statistics | 86 | 60% | 5% | 13% | 20% | 97% |
| Geography | 69 | 48% | 41% | 28% | 25% | 67% |
| History | 68 | 47% | 41% | 28% | 26% | 75% |
| French | 61 | 42% | 18% | 44% | 29% | 93% |
| Design and Technology | 61 | 42% | 11% | 23% | 23% | 70% |
| Business Studies | 56 | 39% | 18% | 36% | 20% | 73% |
| Spanish | 52 | 36% | 19% | 13% | 27% | 52% |
| Chemistry | 48 | 33% | 23% | 40% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 48 | 33% | 23% | 40% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 48 | 33% | 23% | 42% | 46% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 42 | 29% | 11% | 21% | 24% | 67% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 17% | 13% | 36% | 30% | 96% |
| Fine Art | 16 | 11% | 9% | 6% | 28% | 31% |
| Drama | 15 | 10% | 7% | 13% | 27% | 67% |
| Music | 11 | 8% | 5% | 36% | 33% | 64% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 21 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 19 | — | — |
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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.