Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College
Academy converter · 882 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
Academy sponsor led
Sanders Draper
- Pupils on roll
- 732of 918 places
- Free school meals
- 24.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 114
- Ofsted
- Good, 10 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Sanders School (URN 102341, until 31 August 2018).
What the data says
Sanders Draper has no sixth form. Of the 139 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 55% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 44% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.4 against 46.1 across England and 47.2 in Havering, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Sanders Draper 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 Havering and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Sanders Draper | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 139 | 2,968 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 21% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 1% | 13% |
| — further education college | 55% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Sanders Draper | Havering | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.4 | 47.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 65% | 60% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.07 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.5 | 36.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.9 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 19% | 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 | 114 | 100% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 75% |
| Mathematics | 114 | 100% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 72% |
| Combined Science | 112 | 98% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 59% |
| English Literature | 111 | 97% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 71% |
| French | 72 | 63% | 18% | 7% | 29% | 58% |
| Geography | 52 | 46% | 41% | 15% | 25% | 56% |
| Business Studies | 52 | 46% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 56% |
| History | 52 | 46% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 73% |
| Statistics | 50 | 44% | 5% | 12% | 20% | 90% |
| Design and Technology | 40 | 35% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 55% |
| Physical Education | 29 | 25% | 11% | 7% | 24% | 52% |
| Textiles | 16 | 14% | 2% | 6% | 27% | 56% |
| Music | 12 | 11% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| Art and Design | 11 | 10% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 36% |
| Drama | 10 | 9% | 7% | 10% | 27% | 100% |
| Russian | 3 | 3% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 39 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 20 | — | — |
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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.