Secondary
Gaynes School
Brackendale Gardens, Upminster, RM14 3UX
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 501 of 960 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
- Local authority
- Havering
- Trust
- LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 25.4
- Pupils per adult
- 14.8
- Pupils
- 377
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 November 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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)GCSE results
59%
4 points below the Upminster average (63% across 4 schools)
50.7
4.6 below the Upminster average (55.3 across 4 schools)
4th of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Upminster we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.64 |
| Entered the EBacc | 72% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 82% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% |
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 | 75% |
| 22/23 | 62% |
| 23/24 | 56% |
| 24/25 | 59% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.86 |
| 22/23 | +0.23 |
| 23/24 | +0.24 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 59.6 |
| 22/23 | 51.8 |
| 23/24 | 48.8 |
| 24/25 | 50.7 |
Brackendale Gardens, Upminster, RM14 3UX
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
- Headteacher
- Annabelle Kirkpatrick
- Address
- Brackendale Gardens, Upminster, RM14 3UX
- Telephone
- 01708502900