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The Chafford School is a mixed secondary school with academy status located in the London Borough of Havering in Rainham, London, England. The school is due to join the Harris Federation in September 2016 and will be renamed Harris Academy Rainham.The school specialises in Business & Enterprise, and has a dedicated business studies wing. approximately 1000 pupils in the 11- to 16-year-old age range attended The Chafford.The school is partnered with five local primary schools: Rainham Village Primary School, Parsonage Farm Primary School, Brady Primary School (with whom The Chafford shares a border), Beam Primary School, and Purfleet Primary School.The Chafford also offers a Saturday Academy, which is originally aimed at Year 11 students for revision classes and coursework catch up.A series of events are held annually for school leavers, including a prom at Ye Olde Plough House (Essex), and a leaver’s lunch at the end of the term.HistoryThe school was opened in 1934 by Essex County Council as Rainham Senior, later Secondary Modern, School, Upminster Road, for 360 boys and girls. It moved in 1950 to new buildings in Lambs Lane for 450 children. It was enlarged in 1962 and 1971 and was renamed in 1973. In 1967 control of the school passed from Essex County Council to the London Borough of Havering. In April 2008 the school became self-governing with Foundation status.In a 2009 Ofsted report, the school was described as a good and improving school and many areas of its work were judged to be outstanding. As a result, it was oversubscribed on an annual basis and Ofsted noted that its popularity was growing.