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Atam Academy

Redbridge · RM6 4XX

General information All-through School · 3-18 years Who goes here 1083 pupils, 10.4% FSM

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Atam Academy

General Information

Address: Little Heath, Romford, RM6 4XX – View on map
Phone: 02082529831
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Chris Steed
Age range: 3-18 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 28 families put it first for 46 places – 6 for every 10 places. 93% of them were offered a place. 12 of the 46 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 7 · 2025 4 · 2026 6
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 42 families put it first for 46 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 18 of the 46 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Sikh
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

1083 pupils out of 1250 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 101
% eligible for free school meals: 10.4%
Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Redbridge average)
English as an additional language: 56% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 18.5% a year (Redbridge 20.1%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Redbridge: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 66 (2.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
Suspensions for bullying: 32 (1.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Redbridge, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 6.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 21.6%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 7.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.4%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 25 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 10 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 9 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11

Attainment 8 score: 57.2
Compared with the area: 3.8 points above the Redbridge average (53.4)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (+4.3 points against an expected 52.9)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 84% (Redbridge 77%, England 65%) Improving
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolRedbridge averageEngland↗ Improving Up 4.5 points since 2023/24. In 2024/25 this school was 3.8 points above the Redbridge average (53.4).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

4th of 18 all-through schools in Redbridge for Attainment 8

#2Valentines High School59.3
#3Seven Kings School57.3
#4Atam Academy57.2
#5Ark Isaac Newton Academy56.7
#6Trinity Catholic High School56.3

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1Ilford County High School75.7
#2Valentines High School59.3
#3Seven Kings School57.3
#4Atam Academy57.2
#5Ark Isaac Newton Academy56.7
#6Trinity Catholic High School56.3
#7The Ursuline Academy Ilford56.1
#8Loxford School54.4
#9Wanstead High School54.1
#10Chadwell Heath Academy53.7
#11Oaks Park High School53.5
#12Woodbridge High School52.2
#13Beal High School52.0
#14The Palmer Catholic Academy48.8
#15King Solomon High School46.8
#16Mayfield School45.0
#17Caterham High School44.3
#18Forest Academy42.2

GCSE Subjects Offered

Maths (General)
English Language
English Literature
Science Double Award
Business Studies
History
French Language
Punjabi
D & T
Geography
Chemistry (General)
Biology
Physics (General)
Computer Science
Religious Studies
Art & Design
Music Studies (General)
Sports Studies

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

PrimaryYear 6 SATs results

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 81% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 19% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the Redbridge average (75%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 75% against an expected 70%)
3-year average (expected standard): 75%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 85% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 89%
Average test scores: reading 107, maths 109
Based on: 62 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolRedbridge averageEngland↗ Improving Up 18 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 6 percentage points above the Redbridge average (75%).

Year 6 SATs: 17th of 54 junior and primary schools in the area

#15Avanti Court Primary School83%
#16Parkhill Junior School82%
#17Atam Academy81%
=18Farnham Green Primary School80%
=18Seven Kings School80%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Wanstead Church School96%
#2St Bede's Catholic Primary School95%
=3Gordon Primary School94%
=3Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School94%
#5Woodford Green Primary School93%
#6Ark Isaac Newton Academy92%
#7Churchfields Junior School91%
=8Aldborough Primary School90%
=8Aldersbrook Primary School90%
=10Cleveland Road Primary School87%
=10Highlands Primary School87%
=10Wells Primary School87%
=13Fullwood Primary School86%
=13Loxford School86%
#15Avanti Court Primary School83%
#16Parkhill Junior School82%
#17Atam Academy81%
=18Farnham Green Primary School80%
=18Seven Kings School80%
=18SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School80%
=21Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School79%
=21Christchurch Primary School79%
=21Glade Primary School79%
=21Grove Primary School79%
=21Nightingale Primary School79%
#26Gearies Primary School78%
#27Mossford Green Primary School77%
=28Clore Tikva School76%
=28Downshall Primary School76%
=28Uphall Primary School76%
=31Gilbert Colvin Primary School75%
=31Goodmayes Primary School75%
=31Snaresbrook Primary School75%
=31Winston Way Academy75%
#35Ray Lodge Primary School73%
=36Fairlop Primary School72%
=36Redbridge Primary School72%
=36St Antony's Catholic Primary School72%
=39Cranbrook Primary School70%
=39Oakdale Junior School70%
=39Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School70%
=42Barley Lane Primary School68%
=42Coppice Primary School68%
=42South Park Primary School68%
#45Mayespark Primary School65%
#46William Torbitt Primary School64%
#47Newbury Park Primary School61%
=48Chadwell Primary School60%
=48Roding Primary School60%
=50John Bramston Primary School58%
=50Manford Primary School58%
=50St Aidan's Catholic Primary Academy58%
#53St Augustine's Catholic Primary School53%
#54Woodlands Primary School51%

View full Ofsted inspection report

5th of 12 all-through schools in Redbridge for Ofsted rating

#3Seven Kings SchoolOutstanding
#4Woodbridge High SchoolOutstanding
#5Atam AcademyGood
#6Caterham High SchoolGood
#7Forest AcademyGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Ark Isaac Newton AcademyOutstanding
#2Loxford SchoolOutstanding
#3Seven Kings SchoolOutstanding
#4Woodbridge High SchoolOutstanding
#5Atam AcademyGood
#6Caterham High SchoolGood
#7Forest AcademyGood
#8Mayfield SchoolGood
#9Oaks Park High SchoolGood
#10Trinity Catholic High SchoolGood
#11Wanstead High SchoolGood
#12King Solomon High SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,875 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

17th of 18 all-through schools in Redbridge for spending per pupil

#15Ark Isaac Newton Academy£7,353
#16Ilford County High School£7,283
#17Atam Academy£6,875
#18Beal High School£6,655

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Caterham High School£10,774
#2King Solomon High School£9,375
#3Forest Academy£9,346
#4Mayfield School£8,387
#5The Palmer Catholic Academy£8,203
#6Oaks Park High School£8,181
#7The Ursuline Academy Ilford£8,150
#8Valentines High School£7,985
#9Chadwell Heath Academy£7,978
#10Wanstead High School£7,920
#11Loxford School£7,844
#12Woodbridge High School£7,619
#13Trinity Catholic High School£7,513
#14Seven Kings School£7,508
#15Ark Isaac Newton Academy£7,353
#16Ilford County High School£7,283
#17Atam Academy£6,875
#18Beal High School£6,655

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Redbridge: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Year 6 SATs ranking

Ofsted Rating ranking

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

GCSE Subjects Offered