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Harris Academy Battersea

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 3 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wandsworth
Unique reference
140985
Address
401 Battersea Park Road, SW11 5AP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
924 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
55.2%
Girls
44.8%
First language not English
42.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
48.9%
Persistent absence
30.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
African 34.4%
Mixed 12.7%
White British 8.4%
Caribbean 8%
Unclassified 7.6%
Other White 7.1%
Other 6.3%
Other Asian 6.1%
Pakistani 4%
Other Black 2.6%
Chinese 1%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Indian 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.33
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 81%
Local authority average 62%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.6
Local authority average 50.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.62
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award8
Speech & DramaTechnical Award34
ArabicGCSE4
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE46
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE11
Art & DesignGCSE11
BiologyGCSE33
Business Studies:SingleGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE29
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Harris Academy Battersea

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
153
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
72
2nd preference
80
3rd preference
74
From another Local Authority
103
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
72
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
23
To another Local Authority
35
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 classes20
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
133
65
68
Year 8
148
91
57
Year 9
152
90
62
Year 10
168
95
73
Year 11
164
84
80
Year 12
81
40
41
Year 13
78
45
33
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
92.1%
85.6%
Further education
23.0%
13.9%
35.4%
School sixth form
57.0%
74.2%
36.6%
Sixth form college
5.0%
3.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.6%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
79.0%
81.9%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
21.0%
26.7%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021