{"url":"/school/136663/abbs-cross-academy-and-arts-college","urn":136663,"name":"Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College","phase":"secondary","type":"Academy converter","local_authority":"Havering","address":{"line1":"Abbs Cross Lane","town":"Hornchurch","postcode":"RM12 4YB","latitude":51.553245,"longitude":0.208184},"ofsted":{"current_category_of_concern":null,"inspections":[{"framework":"ungraded","framework_label":"Ofsted ungraded inspection","inspection_date":"2022-12-14","overall_effectiveness":null,"category_of_concern":null,"note":"The current framework awards no overall grade; a previous-framework grade is not a school's current one."}]},"demand":{"entry_point":"year_7","measure":"first preferences expressed divided by offers made","not_a_prediction":"It describes demand. It does not indicate whether any particular child would be offered a place.","movement":{"headline":"Fewer families are naming it first","earlier_span":"2021–2022","later_span":"2024–2025","earlier_ratio":1.16,"later_ratio":0.85,"years_used":5},"by_year":[{"intake_year":2025,"first_preferences":158,"all_preferences":586,"offers_made":178,"first_preferences_per_place":0.89,"national_percentile":37.0},{"intake_year":2024,"first_preferences":140,"all_preferences":573,"offers_made":174,"first_preferences_per_place":0.8,"national_percentile":26.0},{"intake_year":2023,"first_preferences":164,"all_preferences":593,"offers_made":179,"first_preferences_per_place":0.92,"national_percentile":41.0},{"intake_year":2022,"first_preferences":211,"all_preferences":658,"offers_made":176,"first_preferences_per_place":1.2,"national_percentile":80.0},{"intake_year":2021,"first_preferences":199,"all_preferences":651,"offers_made":179,"first_preferences_per_place":1.11,"national_percentile":73.0},{"intake_year":2020,"first_preferences":178,"all_preferences":654,"offers_made":178,"first_preferences_per_place":1.0,"national_percentile":58.0},{"intake_year":2019,"first_preferences":148,"all_preferences":604,"offers_made":178,"first_preferences_per_place":0.83,"national_percentile":30.0},{"intake_year":2018,"first_preferences":156,"all_preferences":567,"offers_made":168,"first_preferences_per_place":0.93,"national_percentile":43.0},{"intake_year":2017,"first_preferences":131,"all_preferences":546,"offers_made":168,"first_preferences_per_place":0.78,"national_percentile":23.0},{"intake_year":2016,"first_preferences":143,"all_preferences":672,"offers_made":168,"first_preferences_per_place":0.85,"national_percentile":30.0},{"intake_year":2015,"first_preferences":243,"all_preferences":838,"offers_made":168,"first_preferences_per_place":1.45,"national_percentile":93.0},{"intake_year":2014,"first_preferences":216,"all_preferences":736,"offers_made":168,"first_preferences_per_place":1.29,"national_percentile":88.0}]},"results":{"note":"Withheld figures appear as null, never zero. Progress measures are estimates published with a 95% interval.","key_stage_4":[{"academic_year":2024,"attainment8":45.5,"progress8":null,"progress8_confidence_interval":null,"english_and_maths_grade_4_plus_percent":69.1,"ebacc_grade_4_plus_percent":35.4},{"academic_year":2023,"attainment8":45.3,"progress8":-0.24,"progress8_confidence_interval":[-0.45,-0.03],"english_and_maths_grade_4_plus_percent":61.0,"ebacc_grade_4_plus_percent":25.0},{"academic_year":2022,"attainment8":47.4,"progress8":0.04,"progress8_confidence_interval":[-0.18,0.26],"english_and_maths_grade_4_plus_percent":69.7,"ebacc_grade_4_plus_percent":35.2}],"key_stage_2":[]},"workforce":{"note":"Full-time equivalents, not headcounts. Teacher turnover only: carries no claim about heads or senior leaders.","by_year":[{"academic_year":2024,"teacher_fte":54.6,"remained":47.6,"left_the_system":6.0,"left_to_other_school":1.0,"left_percent":12.8},{"academic_year":2023,"teacher_fte":54.6,"remained":45.6,"left_the_system":6.0,"left_to_other_school":3.0,"left_percent":16.5},{"academic_year":2022,"teacher_fte":57.4,"remained":43.6,"left_the_system":10.8,"left_to_other_school":3.0,"left_percent":24.0},{"academic_year":2021,"teacher_fte":52.8,"remained":41.8,"left_the_system":4.0,"left_to_other_school":7.0,"left_percent":20.8},{"academic_year":2020,"teacher_fte":51.8,"remained":43.8,"left_the_system":4.0,"left_to_other_school":4.0,"left_percent":15.4},{"academic_year":2019,"teacher_fte":51.8,"remained":46.8,"left_the_system":3.0,"left_to_other_school":2.0,"left_percent":9.7}]},"catchment":{"status":"none_published","note":"no_zone_published means we hold no zone for this school. It does not mean an address is outside one.","zones":[]},"how_places_were_allocated":[],"how_the_places_were_shared_out":[],"sources":[{"label":"Department for Education: Get Information about Schools","detail":"School identity, type, phase and address","url":"https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/","retrieved":"2026-09-02"},{"label":"Ofsted: state-funded school inspections management information","detail":"Inspection outcomes, published monthly","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Department for Education: school-level applications and offers","detail":"Preferences and offers, 2014 to 2025 intakes","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Department for Education: key stage 4 performance","detail":"Attainment 8, Progress 8 and EBacc, by school","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Department for Education: school workforce in England","detail":"Teacher turnover, by school, from the School Workforce Census","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england","retrieved":"2026-09-04"}]}