Bower Park Academy
Havering Road, Romford, RM1 4YY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EMPOWER LEARNING ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Eddie Aylett
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Empower Learning Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Romford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 963
- Pupils on roll
- 965
- URN
- 139307
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708730244
About this school
Bower Park Academy is a secondary academy in Romford. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 965 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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 | 176 | 200 | 191 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.8 | 41.4 | 37.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.66 -0.88 to -0.45 | -0.54 -0.74 to -0.34 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 44.5% | 31.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 62% | 51.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 70% | 61% | 36.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 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 Bower Park 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 | 40.8 | 43.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.4 | 43.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.7 | 43.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 998 |
| 2023/24 | 1,025 |
| 2024/25 | 1,016 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bower Park Academy compares
Bower Park Academy ranked 18th of 18 secondary schools in Havering for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.7 | 10.9% | 36.2% | 965 | — |
| Marshalls Park Academy | 42.9 | 8.4% | 28.9% | 1,174 | 1.0 miles |
| The Royal Liberty School | 51 | 4.6% | 19.1% | 749 | 1.8 miles |
| The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls | 51.4 | 6.2% | 22.8% | 1,381 | 2.3 miles |
| St Edward's Church of England Academy | 44.1 | 6.9% | 32.4% | 918 | 2.5 miles |
| Redden Court School | 47.4 | 6.1% | 18.6% | 1,058 | 2.5 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)
- 36.22%
- English as an additional language
- 17.2%
- Overall absence
- 10.88%
- Persistent absence
- 32.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Marshalls Park Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Romford
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The Royal Liberty School1.8 miles
Secondary · Romford
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The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls2.3 miles
Secondary · Romford
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St Edward's Church of England Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Romford
-
Redden Court School2.5 miles
Secondary · Romford
Other schools in Romford
Bower Park Academy ranks 10th of the 10 ranked secondary schools in Romford.
- Chadwell Heath Academy Secondary
- Drapers' Academy Secondary
- Marshalls Park Academy Secondary
- Redden Court School Secondary
- St Edward's Church of England Academy Secondary
- The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls Secondary
- The Royal Liberty School Secondary
- The Warren School Secondary
- Barley Lane Primary School Primary
- Broadford Primary School Primary
- Chadwell Primary School Primary
- Clockhouse Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bower Park Academy teach?
- Bower Park Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Romford.
- Who is the headteacher of Bower Park Academy?
- The headteacher of Bower Park Academy is Mr Eddie Aylett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bower Park Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bower Park 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 Bower Park Academy?
- Bower Park Academy has 965 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Bower Park Academy full?
- Bower Park Academy has capacity for 963 pupils and 965 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Bower Park Academy a faith school?
- No. Bower Park Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Bower Park Academy a selective school?
- No. Bower Park Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Bower Park Academy?
- Bower Park 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.
- What SEN provision does Bower Park Academy have?
- The schools register lists Bower Park Academy's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bower Park Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.8 in 2022/23 and 37.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bower Park Academy rank locally?
- Bower Park Academy ranked 18th of 18 secondary schools in Havering for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bower Park Academy's absence rate?
- Bower Park Academy's overall absence rate is 10.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bower Park Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bower Park 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.