Harris Academy St John's Wood

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 4 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Westminster
Unique reference
145126
Address
Marlborough Hill, NW8 0NL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1319 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
47.8%
Girls
52.2%
First language not English
55.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
57.4%
Persistent absence
23.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.3%
Pupil ethnicities
Other 23.7%
African 18.8%
Bangladeshi 11.8%
Mixed 11.1%
Other White 10.8%
White British 7.6%
Other Asian 6.1%
Unclassified 2.6%
Caribbean 2.5%
Pakistani 2.2%
Other Black 1.6%
Chinese 0.8%
Indian 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 83%
Local authority average 68%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 58%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.8
Local authority average 53
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.78
Local authority average 4.94
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE12
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE25
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE54
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE188
English LiteratureGCSE187
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE21
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Harris Academy St John's Wood

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
235
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
169
2nd preference
129
3rd preference
104
From another Local Authority
351
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
167
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
16
To another Local Authority
162
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 classes23.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
192
92
100
Year 8
210
99
111
Year 9
212
97
115
Year 10
204
107
97
Year 11
190
92
98
Year 12
157
71
86
Year 13
154
73
81
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
91.2%
85.5%
Further education
17.0%
18.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
70.0%
65.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
7.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
3.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
74.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
30.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022