Harris Academy Bermondsey

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 19 2015 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Southwark
Unique reference
131747
Address
55 Southwark Park Road, SE16 3TZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
868 (78% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
40%
Free school meals (FSM)
48.3%
Persistent absence
16.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.1%
Pupil ethnicities
African 29.7%
Unclassified 11.1%
Mixed 9.3%
White British 9%
Other 9%
Other White 8.4%
Other Asian 6.3%
Caribbean 5.2%
Bangladeshi 5.1%
Other Black 3.5%
Chinese 1.6%
Pakistani 1.5%
Indian 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.52
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.38
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 94%
Local authority average 70%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.8
Local authority average 51.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.97
Local authority average 4.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE4
Art & DesignGCSE36
BiologyGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE27
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
DanceGCSE9
English LanguageGCSE160
English LiteratureGCSE157
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Harris Academy Bermondsey

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
108
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
75
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
48
From another Local Authority
66
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
75
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
24
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
124
0
124
Year 8
151
0
151
Year 9
163
0
163
Year 10
160
0
160
Year 11
170
0
170
Year 12
69
0
69
Year 13
31
0
31
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
93.0%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
21.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
58.0%
59.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
16.0%
11.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
97.0%
83.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
38.0%
34.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
34.0%
32.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
9.0%
1.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020