Harris Academy Sutton

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sutton
Unique reference
143706
Address
2 Chiltern Road, SM2 5RD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1296 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
53.7%
Girls
46.3%
First language not English
38.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.9%
Persistent absence
11.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 34.9%
Other White 13.6%
Mixed 12.6%
Indian 8.6%
Pakistani 6.3%
African 6.2%
Chinese 5.6%
Other Asian 4.9%
Other 3.5%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Other Black 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 57%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 70%
Local authority average 68%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58
Local authority average 59.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.43
Local authority average 5.47
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award19
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE106
Business Studies:SingleGCSE88
ChemistryGCSE106
ChineseGCSE6
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE61
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Harris Academy Sutton

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
196
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
351
2nd preference
333
3rd preference
396
From another Local Authority
359
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
168
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes25.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
210
104
106
Year 8
213
115
98
Year 9
210
109
101
Year 10
213
119
94
Year 11
205
114
91
Year 12
139
71
68
Year 13
106
64
42
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
93.2%
85.5%
Further education
23.0%
19.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
66.0%
69.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
3.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
2.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023