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Harris Academy Falconwood
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
The Green, Welling DA16 2PE · harrisfalconwood.org.uk · 020 8304 4916
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Bexley 50.6, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,295
- 145 over 1,150 places · 113%
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 20.7%
- First language not English
- 16.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Harris Federation
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 197 families put the school first and 206 places were offered; 67% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 206 | 197 | 1 | 67% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 201 | 275 | 1.4▲ | 53% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 192 | 311 | 1.6▲ | 48% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 191 | 323 | 1.7▲ | 47% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 202 | 300 | 1.5▲ | 51% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.3, and 50% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bexley it was 50.6, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (28.9 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲50.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲73.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲43.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.18 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 43.9 | −14.7 |
| Sixth form college | 10.1 | +5.8 |
| Further education | 30.3 | +7.2 |
| Other education | 0.5 | −1.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.5 | +1.3 |
| Employment | 1.5 | −1.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.1 | +1.3 |
| Activity not captured | 4 | +2.4 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 124 students | C (28.9) | Below average -0.21 | |
| 124 students | C (28.9) | Below average -0.21 | |
| 55 students | Merit+ (29.7) | Average -0.21 | |
| 33 students | Dist+ (39.9) | Above average +0.35 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 137 | C (29.1) | -0.18 |
| 2022/23 | 114 | C (29.9) | — |
| 2021/22 | 75 | B- (35.3) | — |
| 2018/19 | 107 | D+ (23.8) | -0.39 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2019/20 | Since 2018/19 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 63 | +13 |
| Further and other education | 2 | −1 |
| Further education | 2 | — |
| Other education | 1 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 3 | −8 |
| Employment | 22 | −2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9 | −1 |
| Activity not captured | 1 | −2 |
Ofsted
Harris Academy Falconwood was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Mar 2025 found: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good Mar 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (119 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 119
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 40 parents (34%) with SEND