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Harris Academy Battersea[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 45.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
48.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.32 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 49.8[6] 55.7%[6]
2023/24 51.4[4] 59.4%[4] +0.32[4]
2022/23 48.6[7] 53%[7] +0.12[7]
2021/22 55.1[8] 56%[8] +0.64[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
21.2% 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] 13%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 19.4%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 12.7%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 18.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
55% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
8% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
23% 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 91%[15] 57%[15] 5%[15] 23%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 70%[16] 2%[16] 16%[16] 1%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 90%[17] 61%[17] 1%[17] 26%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 83%[18] 57%[18] 6%[18] 16%[18] 1%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
Education
73% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 82%[20] 67%[20] 1%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 81%[21] 69%[21] 1%[21] 10%[21]
2019/20 84%[22] 76%[22] 1%[22] 6%[22]
2018/19 78%[23] 65%[23] 5%[23] 8%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
76% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
20% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
30% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 79%[26] 21%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 31%[25] 30%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 26%[27] 23%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 76%[28] 24%[28] 22%[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
3 Oct 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
21 Nov 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
31 Jan 2018[30] Academy First Section 5[30] Outstanding[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
334 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
79 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
172 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 354[31] 71[31] 156[31] 2.3[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2024 383[31] 72[31] 153[31] 2.5[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2023 450[31] 89[31] 178[31] 2.5[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2022 548[31] 121[31] 184[31] 3.0[31] 0.7[31]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[32]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1150[1]
Trust
HARRIS FEDERATION[1]
Local authority
Wandsworth[1]
Website
http://www.harrisbattersea.org.uk/[1]
District
Wandsworth[33]
Postcode
SW11 5AP[1]
URN
140985[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
895 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
43.1% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
11.3% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2.8% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
62.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
13.9%[35]
Mixed
13.1%[35]
Asian
14.4%[35]
Black
42.1%[35]
Any other ethnic group
7.4%[35]
Unclassified
9%[35]

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 2026. (p. 8)
    5.1 The PAN for Year 7 is 180 pupils. (p. 3)
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