Harris Academy Morden

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Apr 17 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
879 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
36.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.1%
Persistent absence
19.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 31.2%
Other White 17%
African 12.5%
Mixed 10.4%
Pakistani 7.4%
Other Asian 6.5%
Caribbean 4.2%
Indian 3.4%
Other 2.7%
Unclassified 1.8%
Chinese 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 53%
Local authority average 58%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.4
Local authority average 52.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.32
Local authority average 4.82
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE17
Art & DesignGCSE42
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE32
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE169
English LiteratureGCSE168
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Harris Academy Morden

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
184
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
133
2nd preference
118
3rd preference
122
From another Local Authority
218
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
117
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
19
To another Local Authority
74
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
178
79
99
Year 8
177
81
96
Year 9
178
98
80
Year 10
177
106
71
Year 11
169
86
83
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
91.4%
85.5%
Further education
38.0%
23.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
43.0%
61.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
5.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
0.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
3.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
3.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023