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Harris Primary Academy Kent House
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
High Street, Penge, London SE20 7QR · harrisprimarykenthouse.org.uk · 020 8402 7178
On the mapSearch near SE20 7QR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · May 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bromley 71%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Bromley Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 394
- 83% of 472 places
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 28.9%
- First language not English
- 34.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Harris Federation
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bromley Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 33 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 33 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 49 | 0.8 | 86% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 58 | 1 | 84% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 41 | 0.7 | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 30 | 0.5 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | 0.53 mi0.86 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.84 mi1.35 km | |
The council marks the school as undersubscribed for 2026: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Bromley it was 71%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 5 May 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Harris Primary Academy Kent House was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 4 May 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 10
- 2% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 60% who had a child bullied