The Brittons Academy
Ford Lane, Rainham, RM13 7BB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- EMPOWER LEARNING ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Claire Whiley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Empower Learning Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,150
- Pupils on roll
- 730
- URN
- 136576
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708630002
About this school
The Brittons Academy is a secondary academy in Rainham. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 730 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 141 | 127 | 140 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.7 | 43.6 | 39.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.42 -0.66 to -0.17 | -0.28 -0.55 to -0.01 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 36.2% | 27.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% | 53.5% | 48.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 12% | 21.3% | 11.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Brittons Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Havering average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41.7 | 43.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43.6 | 43.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.5 | 43.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 636 |
| 2023/24 | 681 |
| 2024/25 | 711 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Brittons Academy compares
The Brittons Academy ranked 16th of 18 secondary schools in Havering for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.5 | 7.6% | 39.7% | 730 | — |
| Brook Sixth Form and Academy | 38.7 | 6% | 46.3% | 273 | 1.1 miles |
| Dagenham Park CofE School | 42.1 | 7.8% | 42.4% | 1,414 | 1.4 miles |
| Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College | 45.5 | 8.2% | 26.9% | 882 | 1.5 miles |
| Sanders Draper | 44.4 | 5.6% | 26.1% | 732 | 1.5 miles |
| Harris Academy Rainham | 50.4 | 6.3% | 27.2% | 913 | 1.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.66%
- English as an additional language
- 30.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.61%
- Persistent absence
- 24.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Brook Sixth Form and Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Dagenham
-
Dagenham Park CofE School1.4 miles
Secondary · Dagenham
-
Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College1.5 miles
Secondary · Hornchurch
-
Sanders Draper1.5 miles
Secondary · Hornchurch
-
Harris Academy Rainham1.6 miles
Secondary · Rainham
Other schools in Rainham
- Harris Academy Rainham Secondary
- Brady Primary School Primary
- La Salette Catholic Primary School Primary
- Miers Court Primary School Primary
- Newtons Primary School Primary
- Park Primary Academy Primary
- Parsonage Farm Primary School Primary
- Rainham Village Primary School Primary
- Scargill Junior School Primary
- Whybridge Infant School Primary
- Whybridge Junior School Primary
- Harris Rainham Sixth Form 16 plus
Common questions
- What year groups does The Brittons Academy teach?
- The Brittons Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Rainham.
- Who is the principal of The Brittons Academy?
- The principal of The Brittons Academy is Mrs Claire Whiley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Brittons Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Brittons Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Brittons Academy?
- The Brittons Academy has 730 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Brittons Academy full?
- The Brittons Academy has capacity for 1,150 pupils and 730 on roll (63%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Brittons Academy a faith school?
- No. The Brittons Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is The Brittons Academy a selective school?
- No. The Brittons Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Brittons Academy?
- The Brittons Academy is part of EMPOWER LEARNING ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Brittons Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41.7 in 2022/23 and 39.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Brittons Academy rank locally?
- The Brittons Academy ranked 16th of 18 secondary schools in Havering for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Brittons Academy's absence rate?
- The Brittons Academy's overall absence rate is 7.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Brittons Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Brittons Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.