Harris Academy St John's Wood[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 54 54.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 54 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 65% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 25.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.53 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	Progress 8
2024/25	51[6]	56.5%[6]
2023/24	51[4]	59.3%[4]	+0.53[4]
2022/23	52.4[7]	58%[7]	+0.52[7]
2021/22	55.9[8]	63%[8]	+0.82[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 9.5% 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]	7.6%[10]
2022/23	C[11]	7.1%[11]
2021/22	C+[12]	12.8%[12]
2018/19	C+[13]	7.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 70% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 17% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 0% 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	95%[15]	74%[15]	2%[15]	17%[15]	1%[15]	1%[15]
2020/21	94%[16]	80%[16]	3%[16]	10%[16]	0%[16]	1%[16]
2019/20	91%[17]	77%[17]	2%[17]	10%[17]	1%[17]	1%[17]
2018/19	96%[18]	78%[18]	6%[18]	10%[18]	1%[18]	1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 76% 2022/23[19]
Education: 61% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 14% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	88%[20]	75%[20]	2%[20]	11%[20]
2020/21	86%[21]	76%[21]	1%[21]	9%[21]
2019/20	84%[22]	81%[22]	1%[22]	2%[22]
2018/19	97%[23]	92%[23]	1%[23]	5%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 80% 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	85%[26]	39%[26]
2019/20	86%[25]	31%[25]	30%[25]	1%[25]
2018/19	93%[27]	26%[27]	25%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	90%[28]	19%[28]	18%[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: 4 Mar 2025[29]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published: 30 Apr 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Improved significantly[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
19 Nov 2019[30]	Academy First Section 5[30]	Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 483 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 149 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 225 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	539[31]	169[31]	235[31]	2.3[31]	0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024	513[31]	157[31]	214[31]	2.4[31]	0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2023	596[31]	169[31]	218[31]	2.7[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2022	631[31]	186[31]	210[31]	3.0[31]	0.9[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Capacity: 1500[1]
Trust: HARRIS FEDERATION[1]
Local authority: Westminster[1]
Website: https://www.harrisstjohnswood.org.uk/[1]
District: Westminster [32]
Postcode: NW8 0NL[1]
URN: 145126[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1319 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 55.1% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 9.3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 2.9% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 60.5% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 18.3%[34]
Mixed: 12.1%[34]
Asian: 20.2%[34]
Black: 23.5%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 23.6%[34]
Unclassified: 2.3%[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.

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