Chadwell Heath Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 54 53.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 53.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 61.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 16.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.37 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	53.7[6]	55%[6]
2023/24	51.2[4]	49.7%[4]	+0.37[4]
2022/23	53.9[7]	56%[7]	+0.60[7]
2021/22	55.5[8]	64%[8]	+0.59[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 10.4% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C-[10]	5.5%[10]
2022/23	C[11]	10.3%[11]
2021/22	C+[12]	8.5%[12]
2018/19	C-[13]	6.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 80% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 14% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	97%[15]	80%[15]	1%[15]	14%[15]	1%[15]	1%[15]
2020/21	98%[16]	81%[16]	2%[16]	15%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]
2019/20	98%[17]	83%[17]	1%[17]	13%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2018/19	99%[18]	89%[18]	1%[18]	8%[18]	0%[18]	0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 83% 2022/23[19]
Education: 72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 6% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 5% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	89%[20]	80%[20]	1%[20]	7%[20]
2020/21	90%[21]	79%[21]	2%[21]	10%[21]
2019/20	91%[22]	87%[22]	1%[22]	3%[22]
2018/19	87%[23]	75%[23]	2%[23]	10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 87% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 12% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 20% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 1% 2019/20[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	87%[26]	23%[26]
2019/20	86%[25]	21%[25]	20%[25]	1%[25]
2018/19	81%[27]	14%[27]	14%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	80%[28]	17%[28]	16%[28]	0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 23 Apr 2025[29]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published: 8 Jun 2025[29]
Personal development: Good[29]
Quality of education: Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
15 Nov 2022[30]	S5 Inspection[30]	Requires improvement[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 464 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 177 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 178 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	487[31]	195[31]	183[31]	2.7[31]	1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024	542[31]	183[31]	176[31]	3.1[31]	1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023	741[31]	256[31]	180[31]	4.1[31]	1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022	795[31]	279[31]	176[31]	4.5[31]	1.6[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1250[1]
Trust: CHADWELL HEATH ACADEMY[1]
Local authority: Redbridge[1]
Website: http://chadwellacademy.org.uk/[1]
District: Redbridge [32]
Postcode: RM6 4RS[1]
URN: 136267[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1250 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 64.8% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 16.2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 4% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 23.8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 9%[34]
Mixed: 8.5%[34]
Asian: 67.6%[34]
Black: 12.2%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 1.2%[34]
Unclassified: 1.4%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

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