Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace

Academy sponsor led·Primary school London, Bromley·SE20 8RH
Composite score
58.6
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#4,363
National rank
#922
In London
#40
In Bromley
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
43 first choices, 57 places
First choices per place
0.75
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
179
any preference, for 57 places
Applications from another council area
16%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.18
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1220220.6220230.6720240.5820250.752026

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

Every child who put Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
378
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
41.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,664
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace is a primary school serving London, Bromley, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 378 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 30% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 43 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 19.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 38% 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 Primary Academy Crystal Palace 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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