Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Dec 5 2023 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
132711
Address
Homestall Road, SE22 0NR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
837 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
3.0%
Girls
97.0%
First language not English
34.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
42.5%
Persistent absence
20.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.2%
Pupil ethnicities
African 24.7%
Mixed 14%
White British 12.3%
Caribbean 11.2%
Other 7.6%
Other White 7.3%
Bangladeshi 5%
Other Black 3.9%
Other Asian 3.7%
Unclassified 3.7%
Pakistani 3.5%
Chinese 1.4%
Indian 1.2%
Irish 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 90%
Local authority average 67%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.1
Local authority average 51.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.21
Local authority average 4.81
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE27
Business Studies:SingleGCSE35
ChemistryGCSE27
ChineseGCSE2
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE17
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE12
EconomicsGCSE27
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
139
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
84
2nd preference
89
3rd preference
105
From another Local Authority
195
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
80
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
44
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
141
0
141
Year 8
150
0
150
Year 9
141
0
141
Year 10
141
0
141
Year 11
151
0
151
Year 12
59
7
52
Year 13
54
18
36
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
91.7%
85.5%
Further education
20.0%
21.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
59.0%
59.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
13.0%
10.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
70.0%
83.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
33.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022