Harris Academy Greenwich

Harris Academy Greenwich has demonstrated outstanding overall effectiveness with exceptional quality of education and outstanding leadership and management. The school promotes high aspirations for its students, combined with excellent support for personal development, creating a positive and safe learning environment. Leaders have meticulously crafted a rich and demanding curriculum that adapts to the needs of all pupils, ensuring that they achieve well. The sixth form provision also stands out as students are well-prepared for their future paths through targeted careers advice and a commendable range of experiences.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education across all subjects.
• Strong support for personal development and well-being of pupils.
• Highly qualified and expert teaching staff.
• Effective strategies for managing pupil behaviour.
• Comprehensive careers education and guidance.
• Commitment to meeting the needs of pupils with SEND.

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 Academy Greenwich attended 90.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.8% 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, 9.8% of pupils at Harris Academy Greenwich were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 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 Academy Greenwich had 15.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.4% 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, 13.9% of pupils at Harris Academy Greenwich were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.9% 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 Academy Greenwich received £9,732 and spent £9,609 for each of its 1,180 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £247,000 (£210 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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All schools in Greenwich · Greenwich local authority: places and applications

Harris Academy Greenwich is part of Harris Federation, which runs 58 schools. The nearest others:

• Harris Academy Falconwood Welling
• Harris Primary Academy Shortlands Bromley
• Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green Beckenham
• Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich London
• Harris Girls Academy Bromley Beckenham
• Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich London
• Harris Academy Beckenham Beckenham
• Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Beckenham
• Harris Primary Academy Kent House London
• Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park London

What is Harris Academy Greenwich's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Harris Academy Greenwich is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2022.

When was Harris Academy Greenwich last inspected by Ofsted?

Harris Academy Greenwich was last inspected in May 2022.

How many pupils does Harris Academy Greenwich have?

Harris Academy Greenwich has 1,138 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harris Academy Greenwich cover?

Harris Academy Greenwich for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Harris Academy Greenwich's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.8, and 53% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Harris Academy Greenwich?

Harris Academy Greenwich is at Middle Park Avenue, Eltham, London, SE9 5EQ.