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Harris Academy Morden
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Lilleshall Road, Morden SM4 6DU · harrismorden.org.uk · 020 8687 1157
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Merton 52.3, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 873
- 76% of 1,150 places
- Local authority
- Merton
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 46.8%
- First language not English
- 39.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Harris Federation
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 114 families put the school first and 184 places were offered; 99% 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 | 184 | 114 | 0.6 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 184 | 133 | 0.7 | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 187 | 112 | 0.6 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 180 | 115 | 0.6 | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 189 | 163 | 0.9 | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.6, and 43.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Merton it was 52.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼43.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲52.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.35 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 37.2 | +11 |
| Sixth form college | 6.7 | +0.7 |
| Further education | 47.6 | −8.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.8 | — |
| Employment | 1.2 | −0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.9 | −2.2 |
| Activity not captured | 0.6 | −2.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 April 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Harris Academy Morden was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 17 Apr 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Dec 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 15
- 2% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 60% who had a child bullied