Harris Academy Purley

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 1 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 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
135955
Address
Kendra Hall Road, CR2 6DT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1097 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
56.0%
Girls
44.0%
First language not English
38%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.6%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
African 17%
Mixed 15.2%
White British 13.9%
Caribbean 11.1%
Other White 10.2%
Other Asian 7.7%
Pakistani 6.7%
Indian 6%
Other 3.3%
Other Black 3%
Bangladeshi 2.6%
Unclassified 2.2%
Chinese 1.1%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 84%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.9
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.18
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE83
ChemistryGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
Design & TechnologyGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE189
English LiteratureGCSE184
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE14
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Harris Academy Purley

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
190
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
109
2nd preference
145
3rd preference
183
From another Local Authority
50
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
97
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
32
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes21.1
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
182
114
68
Year 8
183
106
77
Year 9
180
104
76
Year 10
186
98
88
Year 11
190
112
78
Year 12
70
39
31
Year 13
106
41
65
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
35.0%
29.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
54.0%
53.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
8.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
85.0%
70.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
14.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
15.0%
11.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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