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The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 52.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
52.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
55.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
19.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.39 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 51.4[6] 45.7%[6]
2023/24 54.7[4] 63%[4] +0.39[4]
2022/23 52.5[7] 54%[7] +0.24[7]
2021/22 53.5[8] 58%[8] +0.14[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
11.2% 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] 6.5%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 5.6%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 10%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 9.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
49% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
44% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[15] 49%[15] 42%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 54%[16] 5%[16] 37%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 51%[17] 1%[17] 43%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 51%[18] 1%[18] 42%[18] 2%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[19]
Education
81% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 67%[20] 5%[20] 19%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 68%[21] 7%[21] 15%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 64%[22] 10%[22] 13%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 73%[23] 6%[23] 10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
72% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
16% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
14% 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 74%[26] 25%[26]
2019/20 68%[25] 18%[25] 14%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 83%[27] 13%[27] 8%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 70%[28] 11%[28] 10%[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
19 Nov 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
17 Dec 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
3 Jul 2019[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
651 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
237 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
240 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 582[32] 238[32] 236[32] 2.5[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2024 630[32] 254[32] 236[32] 2.7[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2023 608[32] 252[32] 236[32] 2.6[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2022 541[32] 222[32] 239[32] 2.3[32] 0.9[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1340[1]
Trust
LIFE EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Havering[1]
Website
http://www.fbaok.co.uk[1]
District
Havering[33]
Postcode
RM1 2RR[1]
URN
138326[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1393 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
24.3% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
2.6% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.8% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
46.9%[35]
Mixed
8.8%[35]
Asian
31.7%[35]
Black
9.5%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2%[35]
Unclassified
1%[35]

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.

Sources

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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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