Harris Academy Sutton[1]
Secondary · ages 11–19
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 59 58.7 2025/26[2]
- A-level average grade
- AL B- B- 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 58.7 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 69.3% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 33% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- +0.91 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 58.2[6] | 70.2%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 59.9[4] | 76.3%[4] | +0.91[4] | |
| 2022/23 | 60.6[7] | 79%[7] | +1.10[7] |
A level (16–18)
- A-level average grade
- B- 2024/25[3]
- AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
- 22.9% 2024/25[3]
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 97% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 66% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 4% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 23% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 3% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 1% 2022/23[8]
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
- 8 Feb 2023[9]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[9]
- Report published
- 28 Mar 2023[9]
- Personal development
- Outstanding[9]
- Quality of education
- Outstanding[9]
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding[9]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding[9]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[9]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding[9]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 8.8 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- Applications (any preference)
- 1722 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- First preferences
- 307 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- Places offered
- 195 Entry Sept 2026[10]
- First preferences per place
- 1.6 Entry Sept 2026[10]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 1749[10] | 351[10] | 196[10] | 8.9[10] | 1.8[10] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 1740[10] | 318[10] | 205[10] | 8.5[10] | 1.6[10] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 1676[10] | 285[10] | 194[10] | 8.6[10] | 1.5[10] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 1551[10] | 273[10] | 204[10] | 7.6[10] | 1.3[10] |
Admissions
- Application deadline, 11+ entry
- 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[11]
- Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
- 195 Entry Sept 2027[11]
- Sibling priority
- Children with a sibling at the Academy in Years 7 to 13 Entry Sept 2027[11]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools[1]
- Ages
- 11–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Capacity
- 1295[1]
- Trust
- HARRIS FEDERATION[1]
- Local authority
- Sutton[1]
- Website
- https://www.harrissutton.org.uk/[1]
- District
- Sutton[12]
- Postcode
- SM2 5RD[1]
- URN
- 143706[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1296 2024/25[13]
- English as an additional language
- 38.3% 2024/25[13]
- SEN support
- 10.4% 2024/25[13]
- EHC plan
- 2.9% 2024/25[13]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 18.1% 2024/25[13]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 48%[14]
- Mixed
- 12.5%[14]
- Asian
- 28.2%[14]
- Black
- 7%[14]
- Any other ethnic group
- 3.5%[14]
- Unclassified
- 0.8%[14]
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.
In the inspectors' and the school's words
- Academic
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Leaders have designed and put in place an exceptional curriculum. It is demanding and places pupils’ needs and aspirations at its heart.
[15] - Warmth
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Pupils throughout the school are highly motivated, polite and courteous.
[15] - Pastoral care
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all of which are carefully chosen with the aim of helping pupils to lead happy and fulfilling lives, both now and in the future.
When leaders are concerned that pupils may be at risk of harm, they react with rigorous and relentless tenacity to ensure that pupils are protected.
[15] - Behaviour
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Behaviour at the school is impeccable. Pupils understand and respect the rules. This means that little reinforcement of these is needed.
[15] - Learning support
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Teachers are highly skilled in selecting strategies and adaptations to ensure that all pupils, including those with SEND, fully access and excel
[15] - Enrichment
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An extensive range of enrichment activities is offered to all pupils. All pupils take part in enrichment activities.
There are a wide range of enrichment activities, including, for example, cookery, robotics, origami and theatrical performance.
[15] - Pupil voice
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The ‘commission’, which is elected by pupils, meets regularly with senior leaders to share their perspective on day-to-day school life.
Pupils readily hold leaders to account. Leaders respect and act on pupils’ ideas.
[15] - Structure
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Established and purposeful routines in lessons help pupils to focus fully on learning.
[15]
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: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. 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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cms-site-files.reactfiles.co.uk: cms-site-files.reactfiles.co.uk — HASU Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14.
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Quotes (4)
The application deadline for admission to Year 7 in the normal admission round is Saturday, 31 October 2026. (p. 8)
5.1 The PAN for Year 7 is 195 pupils. (p. 2)
The PAN for Year 7 is 195 pupils. (p. 2)
6.1.2 Children with a sibling at the Academy in Years 7 to 13 (p. 3)
- 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.
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files.ofsted.gov.uk: files.ofsted.gov.uk document. Period 2026-10-14.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (11)
Pupils throughout the school are highly motivated, polite and courteous (p. 3)
Leaders have designed and put in place an exceptional curriculum. It is demanding and places pupils' needs and aspirations at its heart (p. 2)
all of which are carefully chosen with the aim of helping pupils to lead happy and fulfilling lives, both now and in the future (p. 3)
When leaders are concerned that pupils may be at risk of harm, they react with rigorous and relentless tenacity to ensure that pupils are protected (p. 3)
Behaviour at the school is impeccable. Pupils understand and respect the rules. This means that little reinforcement of these is needed (p. 2)
Established and purposeful routines in lessons help pupils to focus fully on learning (p. 2)
An extensive range of enrichment activities is offered to all pupils. All pupils take part in enrichment activities (p. 2)
There are a wide range of enrichment activities, including, for example, cookery, robotics, origami and theatrical performance (p. 3)
The 'commission', which is elected by pupils, meets regularly with senior leaders to share their perspective on day-to-day school life (p. 2)
Pupils readily hold leaders to account. Leaders respect and act on pupils' ideas (p. 2)
Teachers are highly skilled in selecting strategies and adaptations to ensure that all pupils, including those with SEND, fully access and excel (p. 2)