Sanders Draper[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 43 42.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 42.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 31% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 7.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.37 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	Progress 8
2024/25	44.4[5]	30.7%[5]
2023/24	41.9[3]	35.9%[3]	-0.37[3]
2022/23	44.7[6]	40%[6]	-0.45[6]
2021/22	48.8[7]	53%[7]	-0.66[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 91% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 21% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 1% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 55% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 5% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 8% 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]	12%[9]	0%[9]	76%[9]	3%[9]	4%[9]
2020/21	92%[10]	12%[10]	0%[10]	70%[10]	4%[10]	4%[10]
2019/20	94%[11]	21%[11]	1%[11]	66%[11]	1%[11]	4%[11]
2018/19	96%[12]	13%[12]	1%[12]	73%[12]	4%[12]	4%[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: 10 Jan 2023[13]
Type: Academy First Section 5[13]
Report published: 5 Mar 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): 465 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences: 134 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Places offered: 147 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[14]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	522[14]	161[14]	146[14]	3.6[14]	1.1[14]
Entry Sept 2024	558[14]	172[14]	175[14]	3.2[14]	1.0[14]
Entry Sept 2023	431[14]	164[14]	143[14]	3.0[14]	1.1[14]
Entry Sept 2022	389[14]	131[14]	145[14]	2.7[14]	0.9[14]

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: 918[1]
Trust: SFAET LTD[1]
Local authority: Havering[1]
Website: http://www.sandersschool.org.uk/[1]
District: Havering [15]
Postcode: RM12 6RT[1]
URN: 146309[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 705 2024/25[16]
English as an additional language: 16% 2024/25[16]
SEN support: 20.9% 2024/25[16]
EHC plan: 4.4% 2024/25[16]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 26.1% 2024/25[16]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 80.6%[17]
Mixed: 6.6%[17]
Asian: 7.4%[17]
Black: 4.4%[17]
Any other ethnic group: 0.1%[17]
Unclassified: 1%[17]

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

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.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.