Secondary
Drapers' Academy
Settle Road, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 9XR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1196 of 1120 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
- Local authority
- Havering
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- DRAPERS' MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 103.1
- Pupils per adult
- 11.8
- Pupils
- 1,219
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2020
Previous framework
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
35%
10 points below the Romford average (45% across 9 schools)
38.8
7.3 below the Romford average (46.1 across 9 schools)
6th of 9 by our score, among the secondary schools in Romford we can score - 10 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 38.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.46 |
| Entered the EBacc | 48% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.67 |
| A level students | 97 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38% |
| 22/23 | 26% |
| 23/24 | 40% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.1 |
| 22/23 | 27.8 |
| 23/24 | 30.3 |
| 24/25 | 28.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.80 |
| 22/23 | -0.65 |
| 23/24 | -0.13 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.5 |
| 22/23 | 39.8 |
| 23/24 | 41.7 |
| 24/25 | 38.8 |
Settle Road, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 9XR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Havering admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Gillian Dineen
- Address
- Settle Road, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 9XR
- Telephone
- 01708371331