Harris Academy Rainham is a mixed secondary academy in Rainham, London Borough of Havering, teaching 913 pupils aged 11 to 16. It was last inspected by Ofsted in October 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 50.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 16 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Harris Academy Rainham.

Latest inspection
Inspected Ungraded inspection
Outcome: Standards maintained. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 9 Oct 2024 · Published 17 Dec 2024
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Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Harris Academy Rainham.

Harris Academy Rainham term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 INSET Day
  • 2 INSET Day
  • 3 Autumn Term Starts
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 10 INSET Day
  • 20–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 19 Autumn Term Ends
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day
  • 5 Spring Term Starts
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 13 INSET Day
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27 Spring Term Ends
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–13 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 13 Summer Term Starts
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 16 Summer Term Ends
  • 17 INSET Day
  • 17 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • INSET Day 1 Sep 2025 Inset Day
  • INSET Day 2 Sep 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Starts 3 Sep 2025 Term
  • INSET Day 10 Oct 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Half Term 20 Oct 2025 - 31 Oct 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term Ends 19 Dec 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday 22 Dec 2025 - 2 Jan 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day 25 Dec 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day 26 Dec 2025 Event
  • Spring Term Starts 5 Jan 2026 Term
  • INSET Day 13 Feb 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Half Term 16 Feb 2026 - 20 Feb 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Ends 27 Mar 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday 30 Mar 2026 - 13 Apr 2026 Holiday
  • Good Friday 3 Apr 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday 6 Apr 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Starts 13 Apr 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday 4 May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term 25 May 2026 - 29 May 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday 25 May 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Ends 16 Jul 2026 Term
  • INSET Day 17 Jul 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Holiday 17 Jul 2026 - early Sep 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday 31 Aug 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day 1 Jan 2026 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
50.4 Attainment 8 England 46.1 Top 23%
50.3% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4% Top 28%
15.2% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Harris Academy Rainham with London Borough of Havering and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 50.4 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school London Borough of Havering England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 50.4
London Borough of Havering 47.2 England 46.1 +4.3 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 50.3%
London Borough of Havering 47.5% England 45.4% +4.9 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 38.5
London Borough of Havering 36 England 34.9 +3.6 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 16.2
London Borough of Havering 14.8 England 15.5 +0.7 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 26.6%
London Borough of Havering 24.3% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 173
Attendance 15.2% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school London Borough of Havering England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 15.2%
London Borough of Havering 14.9% England 17.8% -2.6 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 6.3%
London Borough of Havering 5.8% England 6.8% -0.4 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 93% 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

In education, apprenticeship or work 93%
London Borough of Havering 92% England 92% +1 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 87%
London Borough of Havering 82% England 83% +4 vs 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 Harris Academy Rainham. 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 catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Harris Academy Rainham 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.