Harris Academy Morden

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Apr 18 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Merton
Unique reference
138495
Address
Lilleshall Road, SM4 6DU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
860 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
34.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.7%
Persistent absence
25.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 32.8%
Other White 17.4%
African 12.8%
Mixed 10.9%
Pakistani 7%
Other Asian 5.6%
Indian 3.6%
Caribbean 3.3%
Other 2.4%
Unclassified 2.1%
Chinese 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.52
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.59
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.5
Local authority average 52.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.57
Local authority average 4.73
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE31
Art & DesignGCSE27
BiologyGCSE30
ChemistryGCSE30
ChineseGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE167
English LiteratureGCSE163
FrenchGCSE5
GeographyGCSE91
GermanGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Harris Academy Morden

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
187
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
112
2nd preference
129
3rd preference
135
From another Local Authority
188
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
108
2nd preference
42
3rd preference
23
To another Local Authority
55
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 classes25.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
173
78
95
Year 8
175
96
79
Year 9
177
106
71
Year 10
170
85
85
Year 11
165
84
81
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
93.3%
86.5%
Further education
52.0%
25.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
29.0%
61.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
10.0%
5.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022