Harris Academy Rainham, Rainham

In its own words: "We offer a warm, welcoming environment and foster a culture of support and personal achievement. When you join the Harris family, you will also gain access to a network of training and opportunities to support your individual career growth. View current vacancies or register your interest in working for our academy."

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are an 11-16 Academy and a proud member of the Harris Federation. Our Academy is built upon our core values of Belong, Believe, Become. For us, these values are not slogans on a wall but the principles which guide our decisions, our thinking and which we strive to fulfil every day. We believe that education has two key functions."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, basketball and Lego.

In 2026, pupils at Harris Academy Rainham averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.5 in Havering and 47 across England.

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

That is down from 50.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.56: pupils made well above 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 35.6, against 51.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 29 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 161 families put Harris Academy Rainham as their first choice and 336 named it as one of their preferences, for 184 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 7 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Harris Academy Rainham are The Brittons Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42); Park Academy (2.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 37.6); Sanders Draper (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.7); and Dagenham Park CofE School (2.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.5).

Harris Academy Rainham's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Harris Academy Rainham is one of 59 schools run by Harris Federation, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.5 in 2024/25.

112 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Harris Academy Rainham (as of September 2025): 82% would recommend the school, 86% say their child is happy there and 72% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (88%); the weakest, that the school supports their child's wider development (70%).

Of the 178 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 41% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

30% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (41%), Asian (19%) and Black (14%).

Harris Academy Rainham has a resourced provision for autism: 20 places, 20 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Rainham Station, about 970 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brookway (->e), 240 metres away.

In 2024/25, Harris Academy Rainham issued 93 suspensions, 10.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Harris Academy Rainham are Brady Primary School (0.1 miles), Rainham Village Primary School (0.5 miles), Parsonage Farm Primary School (0.6 miles) and La Salette Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.