Bep Academy, ROMFORD

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades Bep Academy on 6 areas: 3 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, learn the curriculum very well."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders are quick to identify any possible barriers to learning that pupils may have and to then put in plans to ensure that these are overcome."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have woven the personal development and character curriculum throughout all that the pupils learn at this school."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils generally behave well in school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have ensured that the pupils experience a broad and deep curriculum."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the strengths of this school and ensure that plans are put in place to support improvement when areas need additional focus."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue their strategic positive work with parents, carers and pupils to ensure that the attendance of pupils at school continues to improve"; "Leaders should continue to support teachers, through effective training, to develop their ability to use adaptive teaching strategies to support pupils to learn the curriculum well".

The Department for Education's GCSE measures do not count IGCSEs, which many independent schools take instead of GCSEs, so the Attainment 8 and English and maths figures it publishes for Bep Academy can understate its results. We do not rank or compare them; ask the school for its own GCSE and IGCSE results.

The nearest other independent schools to Bep Academy are Gidea Park Preparatory School and Nursery (0.7 miles), St Mary's Hare Park School (1 mile), Edullect Academy Independent School (2.1 miles) and Immanuel School (2.1 miles).

19 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Bep Academy (as of April 2026): 95% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 80% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (95%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (80%).

In 2026, 14 pupils (45.2%) received SEN support and 6 (19.4%) had an education, health and care plan.

The nearest railway station is Romford Station, about 540 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mercury Gardens, 210 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 586 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Havering (201), as is usual near a town centre.