Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school London, Southwark·SE22 0NR
Composite score
67.9
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#512
National rank
#157
In London
#8
In Southwark
Top 16%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
54.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
56%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
76%
% EBacc grade 5+
36%
EBacc average points score
5.22

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
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
92%
93 first choices, 140 places
First choices per place
0.66
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
499
any preference, for 140 places
Applications from another council area
45%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5520220.7320230.6920240.6020250.662026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich yet. Southwark does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
837
Gender
Girls
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
49.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
34.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,851
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
93%
133 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
92%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich at a glance

Located in London, Southwark, Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich is a girls' secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 837 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 54.3 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 0.6 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.

56% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 76% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 92% of the families who made Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.8%. There are about 14.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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