Harris Church of England Academy

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-16
Religion Church of England
Address Harris Drive
Overslade Lane
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV22 6EA
Phone 01788812549
Reference Number 140371

Description

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Harris Church of England Academy, located in Rugby, Warwickshire, UK (CV22 6EA), is a coeducational secondary school with academy status. Affiliated with the Church of England, the school provides education to students aged 11 to 16. Harris Academy has been notably recognized as over-subscribed and stands as one of the best non-grammar schools in the Warwickshire area. The school's transformative leadership, particularly since 2012, has led to consistently encouraging results in drama, business, and English departments. The academic achievements have shown consistent progress, with improvements in GCSE grades in recent years:

  • 2012: 36% students gained 5+ A*-C grades at GCSE
  • 2013: 50% students gained 5+ A*-C grades at GCSE
  • 2014: 54% students gained 5+ A*-C grades at GCSE
  • 2015: 47% students gained 5+ A*-C grades at GCSE.

The school has a total enrollment of 754 students, led by Headteacher Roberta Harrison. Harris Academy's colors are black, gold, and red.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 825
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.67%
Girls: 45.33%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 170
8 162
9 193
10 159
11 141

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-07-06
Date Description Report
2022-05-17 School inspection: School inspection:
2021-11-03 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2018-07-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2018-03-13 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2016-11-29 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)
42.5 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 47% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 57% 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)
-0.01 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 138 25
Third Preference 111 7
From another Local Authority 11 7

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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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