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Harris Clapham Sixth Form

London, SW4 8DX · Lambeth · sixth form college

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Ofsted: Outstanding · 2025 Inspected 1 year ago Mixed 16 plus

What Ofsted said about Harris Clapham Sixth Form

Inspection report dated 15 January 2025

Overview

Harris Clapham Sixth Form is a 16-19 free school where students "thrive" due to extensive opportunities to develop character and interests. The report highlights "high-quality teaching" and an "ambitious" curriculum designed to help young people from areas of deprivation succeed in adult life.

Strengths

  • Staff actively promote the ‘Clapham character’, embedding principles of "courage, commitment and confidence" within the curriculum.
  • Teachers structure subjects exceptionally well, ensuring students build knowledge cumulatively and are "exceptionally well prepared for university study".
  • Students with special educational needs and/or disabilities achieve "on a par with, or better than, their peers" due to accurate support and effective staff training.
  • Behaviour is described as "impeccable", with students attending well and working hard in a "calm, productive environment".
  • Leaders provide "excellent careers information advice and guidance", including individual impartial advice and high-quality workshops.

Areas to improve

  • The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

This is an AI-assisted summary of the official Ofsted report, not a statement written by Ofsted. Check the full official report before making a decision.

Results over time

A-level points per entry, the years we hold.

31.4 2022/23
28.3 2023/24
28.4 2024/25
32.5 England
A-level points per entry for Harris Clapham Sixth Form
YearA-level points per entry
2022/2331.4
2023/2428.3
2024/2528.4
England32.5

Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics. “England” is the median of the 2,012 state schools in England we hold a 2024/25 figure for — a school-level median, not the DfE's pupil-weighted national figure.

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Next dates

  • Secondary application deadline31 Oct 2026
  • Primary (Reception) application deadline15 Jan 2027
  • Secondary National Offer Day1 Mar 2027
  • Primary National Offer Day16 Apr 2027
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