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Harris Academy Battersea

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy

401 Battersea Park Road, London SW11 5AP · harrisbattersea.org.uk · 020 7622 0026

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Overview

Ofsted
Remains Outstanding
Ungraded inspection · Oct 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
49.8
average Attainment 8 score. Wandsworth 51.8, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Wandsworth Council
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
890
77% of 1,150 places
Local authority
Wandsworth
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
61%
First language not English
43.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Harris Federation

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Wandsworth Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 79 families put the school first and 172 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

20222023202420252026September 2022: 121 (Places 184)121September 2023: 89 (Places 178)89September 2024: 72 (Places 153)72September 2025: 71 (Places 156)71September 2026: 79 (Places 172)79Places 172
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026172790.5100%
September 2025Sept 2025156710.5100%
September 2024Sept 2024153720.5100%
September 2023Sept 2023178890.5100%
September 2022Sept 20221841210.796%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 2026All
September 2025All
September 2024All
September 2023All
September 20222.66 mi4.28 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.8, and 55.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wandsworth it was 51.8, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (36.1 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 59.8 (England 46.3)59.82017/18: 56.8 (England 46.5)56.82018/19: 54.4 (England 46.7)54.42021/22: 55.1 (England 48.8)55.12022/23: 48.6 (England 46.3)48.62023/24: 51.4 (England 45.9)51.42024/25: 49.8 (England 46.0)49.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲49.846.0
▲55.7%45.4%
▲71.5%64.8%
▲79.7%40.5%
▲4.674.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form58.8+1.6
Sixth form college1.8−3.6
Further education23.6+0.1
Other education0.6−1.2
Apprenticeship0.60
Employment0.6−1.2
Not in a lasting destination7.9+2.5
Activity not captured6.1+1.9

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 32.6 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 34.5 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 33.3 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 34.5 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 34.8 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 34.5 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 32.1 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 36.1 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
52 studentsB- (36.1)Well above average +0.40
52 studentsB- (36.1)Well above average +0.40
29 studentsMerit+ (27.7)Average -0.10
21.2%AAB or better
91.4%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2462C+ (32.1)-0.03
2022/2388C+ (34.5)—
2021/2297C+ (34.8)—
2018/1995C+ (34.5)+0.23
2017/1875C+ (33.3)+0.42
2016/1776C+ (34.5)+0.59
2015/1650C+ (32.6)+1.00

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University50.6−14.4
Further and other education5.9+4.2
Further education1.2+0.3
Other education4.7+3.8
Apprenticeship1.2+0.3
Employment15.3−0.1
Not in a lasting destination18.8+6
Activity not captured8.2+3.9

Ofsted

At an ungraded inspection on 4 October 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Harris Academy Battersea was: School remains Outstanding.

Outcome
Remains Outstanding
Inspected
3 Oct 2023
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2018

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101055), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2018Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jun 2013Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101055)

What parents said

71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
71%
Replies
14
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▼79% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼85% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●86% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼65% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼79% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼50% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼71% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼71% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼86% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼71% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼72% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 79% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲72% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 50% who had a child bullied

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