Gaynes School
Brackendale Gardens, Upminster, RM14 3UX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
- Headteacher
- Annabelle Kirkpatrick
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Loxford School Trust Ltd
- Constituency
- Hornchurch and Upminster
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 960
- Pupils on roll
- 501
- URN
- 144095
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708502900
About this school
Gaynes School is a secondary academy in Upminster. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 501 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 | 39 | 32 | 68 |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.8 | 48.8 | 50.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.23 -0.24 to +0.70 | +0.24 -0.26 to +0.75 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62% | 56.3% | 58.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 71.9% | 82.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 85% | 71.9% | 72.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
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 Gaynes School 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 | 51.8 | 43.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 48.8 | 43.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 50.7 | 43.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 288 |
| 2023/24 | 377 |
| 2024/25 | 473 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gaynes School compares
Gaynes School ranked 7th of 18 secondary schools in Havering for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 78% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50.7 | 6% | 25.2% | 501 | — |
| The Coopers' Company and Coborn School | 58.2 | 5.7% | 5.8% | 1,568 | 0.8 miles |
| Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School | 62.2 | 5% | 12.9% | 848 | 0.8 miles |
| Hall Mead School | 50.1 | 5.7% | 13.3% | 1,068 | 1.3 miles |
| Sanders Draper | 44.4 | 5.6% | 26.1% | 732 | 1.6 miles |
| Emerson Park Academy | 44.7 | 7.8% | 21.9% | 1,020 | 1.7 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)
- 25.16%
- English as an additional language
- 13.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.99%
- Persistent absence
- 16.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Coopers' Company and Coborn School0.8 miles
Secondary · Upminster
-
Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School0.8 miles
Secondary · Upminster
-
Hall Mead School1.3 miles
Secondary · Upminster
-
Sanders Draper1.6 miles
Secondary · Hornchurch
-
Emerson Park Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Hornchurch
Other schools in Upminster
- Hall Mead School Secondary
- Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School Secondary
- The Coopers' Company and Coborn School Secondary
- Branfil Primary School Primary
- Engayne Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- The James Oglethorpe Primary School Primary
- Upminster Infant School Primary
- Upminster Junior School Primary
- Corbets Tey School Special schools
- Oakfields Preparatory School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Gaynes School teach?
- Gaynes School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Upminster.
- Who is the headteacher of Gaynes School?
- The headteacher of Gaynes School is Annabelle Kirkpatrick, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gaynes School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gaynes School, 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 Gaynes School?
- Gaynes School has 501 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Gaynes School full?
- Gaynes School has capacity for 960 pupils and 501 on roll (52%), 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 Gaynes School a faith school?
- No. Gaynes School has no designated religious character.
- Is Gaynes School a selective school?
- No. Gaynes School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Gaynes School?
- Gaynes School is part of LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Gaynes School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 51.8 in 2022/23 and 50.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gaynes School rank locally?
- Gaynes School ranked 7th of 18 secondary schools in Havering for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 78% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gaynes School's absence rate?
- Gaynes School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gaynes School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gaynes School'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 10 July 2026.