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Harris Academy Peckham

London, SE15 5DZ · Southwark · secondary school

Mixed Secondary
4.4/10 Broadly average

16th of 19 secondary schools in Southwark we can score, 20 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 7.1/10 against 289 of them, against 4.4/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 35.3 · 28 46% 1.32
Progress 8 2023/24 0.29 · 72 38% 2.76
Attainment 8 2024/25 39.3 · 18 15% 0.28

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 35.3% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. The Attainment 8 score was 39.3, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.29 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (7.1 out of 10 against similar schools, 4.4 out of 10 against all schools).

Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join Drama Club, play football, rounders, basketball, volleyball, or athletics, and learn violin, flute, trumpet, or piano. Trips include theatre visits, hiking, and camping.

Getting in. The school has 537 pupils in a capacity of 900, leaving 363 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils’ progress given the gap between its Attainment 8 score and the national median? What specific support is available for students who need extra help in English and maths? How do the smaller class sizes impact individual teacher attention?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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