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Gaynes School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 52 51.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
51.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
54.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
24% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.24 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 50.7[5] 58.8%[5]
2023/24 48.8[3] 56.3%[3] +0.24[3]
2022/23 51.8[6] 62%[6] +0.23[6]
2021/22 59.6[7] 75%[7] +0.86[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
54% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
36% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[8]
Employment
3% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[9] 54%[9] 6%[9] 33%[9] 2%[9] 2%[9]
2020/21 96%[10] 58%[10] 1%[10] 34%[10] 1%[10] 0%[10]
2019/20 97%[11] 39%[11] 1%[11] 53%[11] 1%[11] 0%[11]
2018/19 95%[12] 37%[12] 5%[12] 48%[12] 1%[12] 3%[12]

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
29 Nov 2022[13]
Type
Academy First Section 5[13]
Report published
8 Feb 2023[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Overall effectiveness
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.2 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Applications (any preference)
462 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences
65 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Places offered
145 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 404[14] 63[14] 110[14] 3.7[14] 0.6[14]
Entry Sept 2024 388[14] 68[14] 132[14] 2.9[14] 0.5[14]
Entry Sept 2023 306[14] 49[14] 108[14] 2.8[14] 0.5[14]
Entry Sept 2022 277[14] 40[14] 91[14] 3.0[14] 0.4[14]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[15]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
193 Entry Sept 2027[15]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
960[1]
Trust
LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED[1]
Local authority
Havering[1]
Website
http://www.gaynes.havering.sch.uk/[1]
District
Havering[16]
Postcode
RM14 3UX[1]
URN
144095[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
473 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
13.3% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
18.4% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
1.9% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.2% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
63.7%[18]
Mixed
5.8%[18]
Asian
6%[18]
Black
23.8%[18]
Any other ethnic group
0.6%[18]
Unclassified
0.2%[18]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. gaynesschool.reactfiles.co.uk: gaynesschool.reactfiles.co.uk — Admissions Policy 26-27-1 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    3.2 Parents/Carers residing in Havering must complete and submit the Local Authority's Common Application Form (CAF) by the 31st October 2026. (p. 2)
    4.1 The Published Admission Number (PAN) for Gaynes School is 193 pupils for entry into Year 7. (p. 3)
  16. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.