Harris Academy Bermondsey

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school London, Southwark·SE16 3TZ
Composite score
68.2
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#495
National rank
#151
In London
#7
In Southwark
Top 16%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
54.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
57%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
72%
% EBacc grade 5+
44%
EBacc average points score
5.32

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
88 first choices, 115 places
First choices per place
0.77
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
284
any preference, for 115 places
Applications from another council area
21%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6820220.7320230.6920240.7820250.772026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Harris Academy Bermondsey first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
835
Gender
Girls
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
58.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
42.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
17.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,682
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
96%
160 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
94%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Harris Academy Bermondsey

Harris Academy Bermondsey is a girls' secondary school in London, Southwark, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 835 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 54.6 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 3.3 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 16% of secondary schools in England.

57% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 72% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Harris Academy Bermondsey their first choice was offered one of its 115 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 13.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 58% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Harris Academy Bermondsey does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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