Harris Academy Rainham

Harris Academy Rainham has successfully maintained the standards established in its previous inspections, demonstrating effective leadership and a commitment to improving student outcomes. The school fosters high expectations among its students, encouraging them to aspire to academic success, particularly evident in their engagement with the English Baccalaureate pathway. A strong personal development curriculum prepares students for modern life, promoting confidence and respect for diversity while ensuring they are well-equipped for future educational and employment opportunities.

Strengths

• High expectations set for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Strong support for pupils' personal development and well-being.
• Ambitious curriculum that effectively builds knowledge over time.
• Successful implementation of a clear and consistent behaviour policy.
• Inclusive culture promoting respect and celebration of differences.
• Extensive opportunities for students to develop talents in sports, music, and drama.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent support for some pupils with SEND to achieve their potential.
• Teaching does not always use suitable assessment strategies to identify and address misconceptions.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Harris Academy Rainham attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 15.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.8% of pupils at Harris Academy Rainham were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Harris Academy Rainham had 15.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.9% of pupils at Harris Academy Rainham were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Harris Academy Rainham received £11,075 and spent £10,953 for each of its 904 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £389,000 (£430 per pupil).

Across all 58 schools of Harris Federation, income was £8,891 and spending £8,882 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Harris Academy Rainham is part of Harris Federation, which runs 58 schools. The nearest others:

• Harris Rainham Sixth Form Rainham
• Harris Academy Riverside Purfleet
• Harris Academy Ockendon South Ockendon
• Harris Garrard Academy Erith
• Harris Academy Chafford Hundred Grays
• Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred Grays
• Harris Primary Academy Mayflower Chafford Hundred
• Harris Academy Falconwood Welling
• Harris Academy Greenwich London
• Harris Science Academy East London London

What is Harris Academy Rainham's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Harris Academy Rainham is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Harris Academy Rainham last inspected by Ofsted?

Harris Academy Rainham was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Harris Academy Rainham have?

Harris Academy Rainham has 913 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harris Academy Rainham cover?

Harris Academy Rainham for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Harris Academy Rainham's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.2, and 47% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Harris Academy Rainham?

Harris Academy Rainham is at Lambs Lane South, Rainham, Essex, RM13 9XD.