Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich

Harris Girls’ Academy in East Dulwich has demonstrated outstanding performance across all assessed areas during its recent inspection. The school offers an exceptional educational experience, where students thrive in a supportive and enriching environment. High expectations from leaders, combined with effective teaching and a robust curriculum, ensure that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve outstanding results. The school has not been inspected since 2012, reflecting its long-standing commitment to excellence.

Strengths

• Exceptional quality of education across all subjects.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Consistent high standards in pupils' work.
• Positive and well-managed behaviour among pupils.
• Extensive opportunities for personal development and extracurricular activities.
• High-quality careers advice and guidance for pupils.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 23.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.3% of pupils at Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich had 14.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 7.8% of pupils at Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich received £10,542 and spent £10,369 for each of its 839 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £838,000 (£998 per pupil).

Across all 58 schools of Harris Federation, income was £8,891 and spending £8,882 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich is part of Harris Federation, which runs 58 schools. The nearest others:

• Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich London
• Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich London
• Harris Academy Peckham London
• Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park London
• Harris Academy Bermondsey London
• Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace London
• Harris Girls Academy Bromley Beckenham
• Harris Primary Academy Kent House London
• Harris Clapham Sixth Form London
• Harris City Academy Crystal Palace London

What is Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich last inspected by Ofsted?

Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich have?

Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich has 809 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich cover?

Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.3, and 55% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich?

Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich is at Homestall Road, London, SE22 0NR.