Harris Academy Greenwich

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school London, Greenwich·SE9 5EQ
Composite score
62.4
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#930
National rank
#244
In London
#7
In Greenwich
Top 29%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
49.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
55%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
73%
% EBacc grade 5+
37%
EBacc average points score
4.75

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
58%
195 first choices, 170 places
First choices per place
1.15
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,199
any preference, for 170 places
Applications from another council area
27%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.22
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1 per place
2.1220221.9220231.5120241.3720251.152026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Harris Academy Greenwich yet. Greenwich 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
1,172
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
27.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
29.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,091
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
89%
177 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
84%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Harris Academy Greenwich

Harris Academy Greenwich is a secondary school in London, Greenwich, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 1,172 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 49.9 — above the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 29% of secondary schools nationally.

55% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 73% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Harris Academy Greenwich is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 195 first choices for 170 places. After Year 11, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.8%. There are about 14.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% 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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