Harris Academy Falconwood
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Oct 16 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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Art & Design (3d Studies) | GCSE | 10 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 37 |
Biology | GCSE | 39 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 47 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 39 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 36 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 23 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 38 |
English Language | GCSE | 189 |
Admissions
Harris Academy Falconwood
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 192
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 311
- 2nd preference
- 323
- 3rd preference
- 226
- From another Local Authority
- 262
Offers
- 1st preference
- 148
- 2nd preference
- 32
- 3rd preference
- 6
- To another Local Authority
- 36
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 21.5 |
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 |
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% |
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% |