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Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
173 Lordship Lane, London SE22 8HA · harrisprimaryeastdulwich.org.uk · 020 3772 4573
On the mapSearch near SE22 8HA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 89%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Southwark 70%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 346
- 82% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 18.5%
- First language not English
- 15.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Harris Federation
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 43 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 81% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 43 | 0.7 | 81% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 41 | 0.7 | 80% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 53 | 0.9 | 83% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 42 | 0.7 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 61 | 1.1▲ | 64% |
Results
In 2024/25, 89% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 16% the higher standard. Across Southwark it was 70%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲89% | 62% | ||
| ▲16% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●107 | 105 | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 5 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 4 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2017Outstanding
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
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (17 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Replies
- 17
- 5% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied