The Brittons Academy

About The Brittons Academy

The Brittons Academy in Havering posts a Progress 8 score of -0.28, which places it significantly below the local authority average of 0.11 for secondary schools. This means that, on average, pupils here achieve nearly a third of a grade less per subject across their eight best GCSEs than students in other Havering schools with similar starting points. The school ranks 15th out of 17 state secondaries in the borough, putting it in the bottom 88th percentile locally and the bottom 70th percentile nationally. While the headline figure is a concern, the picture is not uniform across all subjects: Progress 8 in open subjects (non-core) is -0.07, much closer to the national average, whereas maths drags the overall score down to -0.57. English sits at -0.3, and the EBacc subjects as a group at -0.37. The Attainment 8 score of 43.6 is also below the typical Havering benchmark, and only 36.2% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths.

The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in October 2022 rated it Good overall, a remarkable turnaround from its previous inspection in 2019 when it was judged Inadequate. Every graded category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management — was rated Good. This suggests that the leadership team under headteacher Claire Whiley has driven meaningful improvement in a relatively short period. The EBacc entry rate of 21.3% is modest, and only 7.1% of pupils achieved the full EBacc at grade 5 or above, which is low compared with the strongest performers in the borough. However, the school serves a community with 37.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals, well above the national average, so these results should be read in that context.

The Brittons Academy is a mixed, non-denominational secondary for pupils aged 11 to 16 with no sixth form. It is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26, there were 282 applications for 158 places, a ratio of 1.78 applicants per place, and all 118 first-preference applicants were offered a spot. The school has a broad range of facilities including science labs, art studios, a sports hall, playing fields, and a gymnasium, and offers sports such as rowing, rugby, and hockey alongside clubs like coding, debate, and orchestra. SEND provision covers specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that has climbed out of a difficult Ofsted rating and is now in demand locally, but its academic outcomes remain below the Havering average — it may suit families who value the recent improvement trajectory and inclusive ethos over raw exam scores.

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