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Harris Academy Purley[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 52 52.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
52.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
60.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
20.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.23 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 46.8[6] 50.5%[6]
2023/24 47[4] 52.9%[4] +0.23[4]
2022/23 43.9[7] 44%[7] -0.04[7]
2021/22 45.6[8] 46%[8] -0.06[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
6.5% 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] 0%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 2.2%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 4.5%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
39% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
53% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 94%[15] 38%[15] 2%[15] 47%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 54%[16] 5%[16] 35%[16] 2%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 93%[17] 57%[17] 3%[17] 30%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 68%[18] 2%[18] 21%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
82% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
64% 2022/23[19]
Education
65% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 72%[20] 73%[20] 4%[20] 13%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 78%[21] 82%[21] 1%[21] 11%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 71%[22] 77%[22] 1%[22] 5%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 78%[23] 79%[23] 2%[23] 12%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
82% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
13% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
15% 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 88%[26] 15%[26]
2019/20 85%[25] 18%[25] 15%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 87%[27] 9%[27] 5%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 76%[28] 9%[28] 9%[28] 1%[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
28 Feb 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
26 Apr 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.5 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
615 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
109 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
178 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 587[30] 126[30] 180[30] 3.3[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2024 631[30] 117[30] 180[30] 3.5[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2023 750[30] 109[30] 190[30] 3.9[30] 0.6[30]
Entry Sept 2022 783[30] 124[30] 190[30] 4.1[30] 0.7[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1150[1]
Trust
HARRIS FEDERATION[1]
Local authority
Croydon[1]
Website
http://www.harrispurley.org.uk[1]
District
Croydon[31]
Postcode
CR2 6DT[1]
URN
135955[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1022 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
40.1% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
10.9% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
1.6% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
43.4% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
18.2%[33]
Mixed
14.9%[33]
Asian
29.9%[33]
Black
28.8%[33]
Any other ethnic group
4.5%[33]
Unclassified
3.7%[33]

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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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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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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