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Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 51.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
51.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
55.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
21.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.40 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 54.3[6] 55.9%[6]
2023/24 53.7[4] 61.8%[4] +0.40[4]
2022/23 53.5[7] 58%[7] +0.58[7]
2021/22 56[8] 61%[8] +0.68[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
8% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 5.3%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 5.9%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 21.9%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
59% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
13% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 67%[15] 13%[15] 15%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 61%[16] 16%[16] 16%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 60%[17] 9%[17] 25%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 50%[18] 19%[18] 23%[18] 1%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
Education
62% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
19% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 77%[20] 61%[20] 2%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 95%[21] 86%[21] 4%[21] 5%[21]
2019/20 79%[22] 64%[22] 4%[22] 11%[22]
2018/19 76%[23] 59%[23] 0%[23] 18%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
70% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
16% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
11% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 93%[26] 27%[26]
2019/20 76%[25] 14%[25] 11%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 73%[27] 17%[27] 14%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 73%[28] 3%[28] 6%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
5 Dec 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
29 Jan 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.6 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
499 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
93 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
140 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 470[30] 84[30] 139[30] 3.4[30] 0.6[30]
Entry Sept 2024 443[30] 103[30] 150[30] 3.0[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2023 501[30] 107[30] 147[30] 3.4[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2022 485[30] 83[30] 150[30] 3.2[30] 0.6[30]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
950[1]
Trust
HARRIS FEDERATION[1]
Local authority
Southwark[1]
Website
http://www.harrisdulwichgirls.org.uk/[1]
District
Southwark[32]
Postcode
SE22 0NR[1]
URN
132711[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
837 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
34.2% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
8.2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.2% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
49.3% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
20.8%[34]
Mixed
13.8%[34]
Asian
14.6%[34]
Black
40.3%[34]
Any other ethnic group
7%[34]
Unclassified
3.5%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    13.4 The application deadline for admission to Year 7 in the normal admission round is 31st October 2025. (p. 7)
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