# Harwich and Dovercourt High School

Harwich and Dovercourt High School is a secondary school in Tendring, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 1,075 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E145061. [Tendring](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 1,075
- Council: Tendring
- URN: 145061

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement
- Inspection: Report card, 6 January 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention
- Early years: Not applicable
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Harwich and Dovercourt High School was 34.1, against 36.8 in Tendring and 46.2 in England.
23.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Tendring | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 34.1 | 36.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23.4% | 30.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 36% | 48.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 197 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-e148110): 450 m. Primary. School remains Good, May 2023. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-church-of-england-voluntary-aided-primary-school-dovercourt-e115203): 540 m. Primary. Good (overall), April 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Spring Meadow Primary School &  Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/spring-meadow-primary-school-and-nursery-e152157): 670 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2024, before the school changed
- [The Mayflower Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-mayflower-primary-school-e114747): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), February 2022. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chase-lane-primary-school-and-nursery-e115301): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, January 2024. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/145061)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/145061)

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