Harris Professional Skills Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 3 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
16 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Croydon
Unique reference
145197
Address
11 Oliver Grove, SE25 6EJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
259 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
59.5%
Girls
40.5%
First language not English
18.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.6%
Persistent absence
n/a
Special education needs (SEN)
18.1%
Pupil ethnicities
African 40.2%
Caribbean 20.8%
Mixed 8.5%
Other Black 7.3%
Other White 4.2%
Other 4.2%
White British 3.5%
Other Asian 3.5%
Pakistani 3.1%
Indian 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Unclassified 1.2%
Chinese 0.8%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Subjects

Subjects entered at 16 to 18

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
PortugueseGCE A level1
Business StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Certificate at Level 32
Business StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Diploma at Level 32
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Diploma at Level 32
Business StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 31
Applied SciencesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma at Level 315
Business StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma at Level 316
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma at Level 316
MultimediaOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma at Level 39
Applied SciencesOCR Cambridge Technical Foundation Diploma at Level 31
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes17.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 12
174
98
76
Year 13
85
56
29
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Staying in education
41.0%
51.6%
43.0%
Further education
5.0%
7.0%
5.4%
Higher education
32.0%
43.0%
36.8%
Other education
3.0%
1.5%
0.8%
Entering employment
26.0%
20.6%
28.3%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.2%
7.4%
Not in education or employment
18.0%
17.6%
15.6%
Destination unknown
11.0%
7.1%
5.7%
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
53.0%
67.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
14.9%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022