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Boys secondary school in London, Southwark

Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich

Peckham Rye, East Dulwich, London, SE22 0AT

Ofsted Outstanding · 2023 Sixth form Boys
School website 02082995300

Ofsted

Outstandingas at 28 November 2023

Graded Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 28 November 2023.

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.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

55.5 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

55% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

74% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

5 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

64% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.98confidence interval 0.74 to 1.21

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above 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.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C+
Average points per entry
33.9

England average 32.3

A level students
46

Pupils

Pupils on roll
912
Places
950
How full
Nearly full — 912 of 950 places taken
Girls / boys
38 / 874
Overall absence
5%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
15%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
40%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
43%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
17%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
93%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
90%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
2%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
63%
No sustained destination
5%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
147

After sixth form

Went to university
70%

England 50%

In education, work or training
85%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
2%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
61

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

0% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
68%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
56

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Southwark 028C, 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
60%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
7%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
44%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
21%

England 17%

Households with no car
43%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
35%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
HARRIS FEDERATION
Headteacher
Principal: Chris Brett
Local authority
Southwark
Ward
Dulwich Hill
Constituency
Lewisham West and East Dulwich
URN
135816

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Harris Girls' Academy East DulwichAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2023 54.3 0.4 mi
The Charter School East DulwichFree schools Good 2024 56.3 0.7 mi
Alleyn's SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.7 mi
James Allen's Girls' SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.9 mi
The St Thomas the Apostle CollegeVoluntary aided school No grade 61.7 1 mi
The Charter School North DulwichAcademy converter No grade 65 1 mi
Harris Academy PeckhamAcademy sponsor led No grade 39.3 1.1 mi
Haberdashers' Hatcham CollegeAcademy sponsor led No grade 50.5 1.2 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.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
The Camden School for GirlsVoluntary aided school Good 2022 64
Wapping High SchoolFree schools Good 2023 46.9
The Byrchall High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 41.3
St Thomas More Catholic AcademyAcademy converter Good 2022 43.4
Atlantic Academy PortlandAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 34
Villiers High SchoolFoundation school No grade 46.3
The Gateway AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 46.1
Chelsea AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 51.9

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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