Harris Academy Merton
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B73
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Mitcham, CR4 1BP
- Distance
- 1.2km away
The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy
Mitcham Road, Croydon, CR9 3AS
Local ranking12th of 23 secondary schools in Croydon
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1039
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 39.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 53.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 19.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 162
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 777
- Boys
- 443 (57%)
- Girls
- 334 (43%)
- Capacity
- 1039 (75% full)
- SEND
- 17.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.8%
- EAL
- 36.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 15.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,066/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 17.9%
- White Other: 14.5%
- Asian Indian: 12.0%
- Black Caribbean: 11.6%
- Asian Other: 11.5%
- White British: 7.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 7.0%
- Mixed Other: 4.1%
17.9%
Black African
14.5%
White Other
12.0%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 141210
- UKPRN
- 10047004
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- THE BEC TRUST
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