UK Schools
Bower Park Academy
Bower Park Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Romford, London Borough of Havering, teaching 965 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in September 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 37.7 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 5 holidays and 2 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Bower Park Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Bower Park Academy.
- 30 Staff INSET Day (School closed to all students)
- 16–20 Spring Half-Term Holiday
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half-Term Holiday
- 20 Staff INSET Day (School closed to all students)
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff INSET Day (School closed to all students) Jan 30, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Half-Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30-Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half-Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Staff INSET Day (School closed to all students) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 21-Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Bower Park Academy with London Borough of Havering and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 37.7 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school London Borough of Havering England
Attendance 32.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school London Borough of Havering England
What pupils do after GCSEs 84% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school London Borough of Havering England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Bower Park Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Bower Park Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.