King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy is a secondary school located in Waltham Abbey. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 25/05/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.1%, which is 3.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Broomstick Hall Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1LF
Website: http://www.kha-tkat.org/
Telephone: 01992714800
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Andrew Jones
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136342

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 25/05/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 750
Number of Pupils: 663
Number of Boys: 359
Number of Girls: 304

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 17.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.3 Confidence interval -0.55 to -0.06
Of the 113 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 107 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:42%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:21%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:37.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.26
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hillhouse CofE Primary School
Ninefields Estate , EN9 3EL
3out of 4 649 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy
Quendon Drive , EN9 1LG
- not rated 703 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Leverton Primary School
Honey Lane , EN9 3BE
3out of 4 842 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
Upshire Primary Foundation School
Upshire Road , Upshire EN9 3PX
3out of 4 1,527 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Holdbrook Primary School and Nursery
Longcroft Drive , EN8 7QG
2out of 4 2,753 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy
Broomstick Hall Road , EN9 1LF
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.