Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park

Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park continues to maintain its status as a good school, with indications that it may achieve an outstanding rating in a future inspection. The school emphasizes a strong academic and personal development curriculum, ensuring that pupils thrive both in learning and in their overall well-being. The leadership and staff effectively support a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and valued, and pupils demonstrate responsibility and respect towards one another. Parents appreciate the school's commitment to its community, particularly in supporting vulnerable children.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and exhibit strong values of respect, responsibility, and resilience.
• The ambitious curriculum is well-sequenced and delivered effectively across subjects.
• Staff are well-trained and provide tailored support for pupils with SEND.
• Behavior is exemplary, contributing to a positive learning environment.
• Attendance rates are above average, with effective support to reduce persistent absence.
• The school actively promotes reading through a carefully designed early reading curriculum.

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 Primary Academy Peckham Park attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 2.6% of pupils at Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were 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 Primary Academy Peckham Park had 19.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 14.0% of pupils at Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park received £13,032 and spent £14,030 for each of its 260 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £281,000 (£1,080 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 Primary Academy Peckham Park is part of Harris Federation, which runs 58 schools. The nearest others:

• Harris Academy Peckham London
• Harris Academy Bermondsey London
• Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich London
• Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich London
• Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich London
• Harris Clapham Sixth Form London
• Harris Westminster Sixth Form London
• Harris Academy Clapham London
• Harris Academy Battersea London
• Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace London

What is Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park last inspected by Ofsted?

Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park have?

Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park has 242 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park cover?

Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park?

Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park is at Marmont Road, Peckham, London, SE15 5TD.