Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich

Free schools·Primary school London, Southwark·SE22 8HA
Composite score
76.5
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#1,008
National rank
#304
In London
#11
In Southwark
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
89%
% achieving higher RWM
16%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
81%
43 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.72
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
219
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
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1 per place
1.0520220.7020230.8820240.6820250.722026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Harris Primary 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
357
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,476
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich at a glance

Located in London, Southwark, Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 357 pupils aged 4 to 11. 89% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 16.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 16% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 81% of the families who made Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich their first choice were offered a Reception 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. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 23.8 pupils per teacher. Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich 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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