Bower Park Academy, Romford

In 2026, pupils at Bower Park Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.5 in Havering and 47 across England.

34% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 50% in Havering and 47% in England.

That is up from 37.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.54: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 28.7, against 43.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 117 families put Bower Park Academy as their first choice and 359 named it as one of their preferences, for 189 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bower Park Academy are Marshalls Park Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 45.5); The Royal Liberty School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55.8); The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.8); and St Edward's Church of England Academy (2.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.4).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Bower Park Academy.

Bower Park Academy is one of 6 schools run by Empower Learning Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43 in 2024/25.

Of the 200 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 62% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

38.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 125 pupils (13%) received SEN support and 66 (6.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Bower Park Academy has a SEN unit for visual impairment and hearing impairment: 12 places, 5 pupils on roll.

Bower Park Academy had 79 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Gidea Park Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chase Cross, 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 93 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Havering (201).

In 2024/25, Bower Park Academy issued 388 suspensions, 38.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 7 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bower Park Academy are Rise Park Junior School (0.6 miles), Rise Park Infant School (0.6 miles), Clockhouse Primary School (0.8 miles) and Oasis Academy Pinewood (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.