Harris Primary Academy Shortlands

Free schools·Primary school Bromley·BR2 0HG
Composite score
69.4
Compare Harris Primary Academy Shortlands with another school
#1,853
National rank
#478
In London
#18
In Bromley
Top 12%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
16%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 48 places
First choices per place
0.52
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
235
any preference, for 48 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.30
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5920220.5920230.6920240.8220250.522026

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

Every child who put Harris Primary Academy Shortlands 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
391
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
38.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,811
Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Location

About Harris Primary Academy Shortlands

Harris Primary Academy Shortlands is a primary school in Bromley, classified by the DfE as a free school. Around 391 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 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 among the top 12% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 16% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Harris Primary Academy Shortlands was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 25 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 25.1 pupils per teacher. Harris Primary Academy Shortlands 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.

Compare Harris Primary Academy Shortlands with another school