Secondary school in London, Southwark
Haberdashers' Borough Academy
94B Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 0EX
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 March 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
GCSE results 2024/25
Attainment 8 score
The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.
Grade 5+ in English & maths
Grade 4+ in English & maths
EBacc average point score
Entered the EBacc
On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half of state-funded secondaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.
Progress 8 2023/24
Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as below average.
Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 983
- Places
- 1150
- How full
- 85% full — 983 of 1150 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 479 / 504
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistently absent
- 23%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 57%
- English as an additional language
- 31%
- With an EHC plan
- 3%
- On SEN support
- 17%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Southwark 002F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 52%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 10%
- Households owning their home
- 20%
- Households in social housing
- 40%
- Households with no car
- 76%
- Adults economically inactive
- 38%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S FEDERATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Thomas Howells
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Ward
- Borough & Bankside
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- URN
- 147073
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame Catholic Girls' SchoolAcademy converter | Requires improvement 2024 | 42.8 | 0.5 mi |
| London Nautical, City of London AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Requires improvement 2023 | — | 0.5 mi |
| Ark Globe AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2021 | 48.4 | 0.5 mi |
| Oasis Academy South BankFree schools | Outstanding 2024 | 54.6 | 0.6 mi |
| City of London SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.6 mi |
| St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2022 | 52.7 | 0.7 mi |
| DLD CollegeOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.8 mi |
| South Bank University AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2022 | 41.5 | 1 mi |
Schools with a similar intake
State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Plumstead Manor SchoolCommunity school | Requires improvement 2023 | 33.4 |
| Stoke Newington School and Sixth FormCommunity school | Good 2022 | 48.4 |
| Hebburn Comprehensive SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 44.2 |
| Ormiston Denes AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 40.5 |
| Burnage Academy for BoysAcademy converter | Outstanding 2024 | 46.6 |
| The Robert Napier SchoolAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 32.5 |
| King Edward VI AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 39.3 |
| Babington AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 38 |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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