Harris Academy Falconwood

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 17 2019 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
Bexley
Unique reference
135677
Address
The Green, DA16 2PE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1301 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
56.6%
Girls
43.4%
First language not English
15.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.2%
Persistent absence
19.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 55.3%
African 11.4%
Other White 7.6%
Mixed 7.4%
Indian 5%
Other Asian 3.2%
Caribbean 2.2%
Other 1.5%
Unclassified 1.5%
Pakistani 1.3%
Chinese 1.2%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Other Black 1%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 60%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.7
Local authority average 49.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.18
Local authority average 4.41
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE10
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE39
Business Studies:SingleGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE39
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE36
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE38
English LanguageGCSE189
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Harris Academy Falconwood

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
192
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
311
2nd preference
323
3rd preference
226
From another Local Authority
262
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
148
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
36
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 classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
200
105
95
Year 8
195
106
89
Year 9
198
116
82
Year 10
200
121
79
Year 11
200
115
85
Year 12
154
90
64
Year 13
154
83
71
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
90.8%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
18.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
60.0%
62.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
8.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
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
71.0%
73.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
28.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
24.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
3.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020