Harris Primary Academy Purley Way[1]
Primary · ages 4–11
Headline results
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 79% 79% 2024/25[2]
Results
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 79% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 15% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 106 2024/25[2]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 105 2024/25[2]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 23 Apr 2025[5]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[5]
- Report published
- 11 Jun 2025[5]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[5]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- Standards maintained[5]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 3.3 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Applications (any preference)
- 206 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences
- 52 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- Places offered
- 63 Entry Sept 2026[7]
- First preferences per place
- 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[7]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 182[7] | 51[7] | 68[7] | 2.7[7] | 0.8[7] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 219[7] | 84[7] | 90[7] | 2.4[7] | 0.9[7] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 234[7] | 75[7] | 90[7] | 2.6[7] | 0.8[7] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 214[7] | 73[7] | 85[7] | 2.5[7] | 0.9[7] |
Admissions
- Application deadline
- 15 Jan 2026 Entry Sept 2026[8]
- Application deadline, 4+ entry
- 15 Jan 2026 Entry Sept 2026[9]
- Places (published admission number), 4+ entry
- 90 Entry Sept 2027[9]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy sponsor led[1]
- Ages
- 4–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 630[1]
- Trust
- HARRIS FEDERATION[1]
- Local authority
- Croydon[1]
- Website
- www.harrisprimarypurleyway.org.uk[1]
- District
- Croydon[10]
- Postcode
- CR0 4FE[1]
- URN
- 140395[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 547 2024/25[11]
- English as an additional language
- 32.7% 2024/25[11]
- SEN support
- 7.3% 2024/25[11]
- EHC plan
- 3.7% 2024/25[11]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 37.1% 2024/25[11]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 18.2%[12]
- Mixed
- 19.8%[12]
- Asian
- 24.6%[12]
- Black
- 32.6%[12]
- Any other ethnic group
- 2.3%[12]
- Unclassified
- 2.6%[12]
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
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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croydon.gov.uk: croydon.gov.uk — Primary admissions prospectus 2026-2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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The closing date for primary school applications is 15 January 2026 2 F OREWORD Shelley Davies Director of Education, Children, Young People and Education Stuart Collins Corporate Director, Children, Young People and Education (p. 2)
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harrisprimarypurleyway.org.uk: harrisprimarypurleyway.org.uk — Academy admissions. Period 2026-10-14.
Licence: copyright-quoted.
Quotes (2)
This is accessible on their website and should be submitted in accordance with the published deadlines for applications (on or before 15th January 2026). (p. 1)
The Academy has an admission number of 90 in Reception. (p. 1)
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.