Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College
Academy converter · 882 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
Academy sponsor led
Gaynes School
- Pupils on roll
- 501of 960 places
- Free school meals
- 22.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 68
- Ofsted
- Good, 29 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Gaynes School (URN 102344, until 1 April 2017).
What the data says
Gaynes School has no sixth form. Of the 39 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 36% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.7 against 46.1 across England and 47.2 in Havering, with 59% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
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 | Gaynes School | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 39 | 2,968 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 97% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 92% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 54% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 36% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Gaynes School | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.7 | 47.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 82% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 72% | 60% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.64 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 22% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 45.5 | 36.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.1 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 68 | 100% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 91% |
| Mathematics | 68 | 100% | 88% | 21% | 22% | 84% |
| English Literature | 67 | 99% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 90% |
| Religious Studies | 64 | 94% | 31% | 16% | 32% | 73% |
| History | 50 | 74% | 41% | 30% | 26% | 66% |
| French | 50 | 74% | 18% | 14% | 29% | 66% |
| Combined Science | 45 | 66% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 64% |
| Business Studies | 40 | 59% | 18% | 3% | 20% | 60% |
| Geography | 27 | 40% | 41% | 22% | 25% | 81% |
| Physical Education | 23 | 34% | 11% | 26% | 24% | 87% |
| Art and Design | 21 | 31% | 7% | 19% | 24% | 90% |
| Chemistry | 21 | 31% | 23% | 43% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 21 | 31% | 23% | 29% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 21 | 31% | 23% | 33% | 45% | 100% |
| Drama | 17 | 25% | 7% | 18% | 27% | 59% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 13 | 19% | 8% | 8% | 21% | 85% |
Other secondary schools in Havering
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Harris Academy Rainham
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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.