Harris City Academy Crystal Palace

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 17 2014 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
Croydon
Unique reference
135311
Address
Maberley Road, Upper Norwood, SE19 2JH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1271 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
57.7%
Girls
42.3%
First language not English
28%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.3%
Persistent absence
21.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.3%
Pupil ethnicities
African 31.5%
Caribbean 19%
Mixed 14.4%
White British 7.4%
Other White 6.3%
Other Black 3.6%
Pakistani 3.4%
Other Asian 3.4%
Other 3.2%
Indian 2.9%
Bangladeshi 2%
Unclassified 2%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.3
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.47
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE24
BiologyGCSE46
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE45
ChineseGCSE18
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE177
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
269
2nd preference
319
3rd preference
260
From another Local Authority
422
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
99
2nd preference
49
3rd preference
24
To another Local Authority
61
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
109
68
Year 8
183
109
74
Year 9
179
100
79
Year 10
178
95
83
Year 11
177
101
76
Year 12
184
112
72
Year 13
193
107
86
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
91.9%
86.5%
Further education
15.0%
29.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
76.0%
53.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
8.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
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
83.0%
70.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
14.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
18.0%
11.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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