Harris Girls Academy Bromley

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Lennard Road
Beckenham
Kent
BR3 1QR
Phone 02087785917
Reference Number 137379

Description

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Harris Girls' Academy Bromley is a secondary and Sixth Form school located on Lennard Road in Beckenham, Kent, Britain, with the postcode BR3 1QR. Founded in 1919 as Cator Park School for Girls, it is now a prestigious academy regarded as one of the top schools in the country. The school caters to students between the ages of 11 and 18, and offers a mixed co-educational Sixth Form. Its academy trust is the Harris Federation, and the current Principal is Samuel Rigby.

The school has a rich history of academic achievement and holds the World Class Schools Quality Mark, which is awarded to just over 140 schools in the UK. Its alumni have gone on to achieve success in various fields, and the school maintains a strong record of exam performance.

The Harris Girls' Academy Bromley campus includes modern specialist facilities, including a new Science and Arts building and a new sports hall. The school operates a four-faculty structure of Blue, Red, Green, and Yellow, which is a faculty system implemented by the Harris Federation.

The academic approach at Harris Girls' Academy Bromley is focused on delivering a broad and balanced curriculum, with the expectation that all students achieve the English Baccalaureate (EBACC) qualification by Year 11. The school offers a full range of extracurricular activities and highlights students' development as a whole, emphasizing the importance of personal growth, character building, and understanding the wider world.

The Harris Girls' Academy Bromley provides a supportive, pastoral environment for its students, taking a proactive approach to staff well-being and work-life balance. The school offers extensive professional development opportunities for staff and encourages career progression within the federation.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1068
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 0.66%
Girls: 99.34%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 209
8 204
9 170
10 167
11 179
12 88
13 51

Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2018-01-10
Date Description Report
2017-11-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-05-21 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-01-29 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2013-11-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
2011-11-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-02-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2008-03-03 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2005-10-05 Full inspection: Full inspection:
1999-10-04 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education
Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
57.5 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 65% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 78% Upgrade Upgrade

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
0.97 Upgrade Upgrade

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

GCSE Results

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 124 54
Third Preference 126 29
From another Local Authority 320 136

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