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Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich

Secondary · London · SE22 0NR

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 5 December 2023

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At a glance

809 pupils · 85% of 950 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
46.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
34.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.harrisdulwichgirls.org.uk/
URN
132711

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 93 families named it first for 140 Year 7 places, 0.66 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 5 December 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.66 first-choice applications per place

140 places offered · 93 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

GCSE results (2024/2025)

152 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
54.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
76.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
55.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.2
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C
30.2
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school54.3
Median of its 12 closest peers44.8
Southwark average51.4
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Harris Academy BermondseyLondon · 3 miles awayOutstanding54.6
St James AcademyDudley · 113 miles awayGood36.8
The Lowry AcademyManchester · 174 miles awayGood44.7
Hodge Hill Girls' SchoolBirmingham · 104 miles awayStrong standard48.7
Harris Academy PurleySouth Croydon · 8 miles awayGood46.8
The Wells AcademyNottingham · 114 miles awayExpected standard43.1
Nottingham University Academy of Science and TechnologyNottingham · 113 miles awayGood51.1
The Milton Keynes AcademyMilton Keynes · 49 miles awayGood40.8
City of Peterborough AcademyPeterborough · 78 miles awayGood39.3
Oasis School 21Stratford · 6 miles awayGood47.8
Bradford Girls' Grammar SchoolBradford · 178 miles awayGood44.8
Wednesfield AcademyWolverhampton · 117 miles awayGood44.9

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 25% (Southwark 28%, England 5%) · White British 12% (Southwark 18%, England 59%) · Black Caribbean 11% (Southwark 7%, England 1%) · Any other White background 8% (Southwark 10%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Southwark 7%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Southwark 6%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Southwark 3%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 4% (Southwark 5%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Southwark 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Southwark 1%, England 5%) · Not recorded 4% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Southwark 2%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Southwark 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Southwark 1%, England 4%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.69 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Southwark: 11.27 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
14.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

72% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 21% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £56,614; 16.4% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£9,851
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 83% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 7% (11%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £477,000; in-year balance +£437,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
93%
Continuing in education
92%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
56%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
19%
Any sustained destination
83%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier27.5%62.3%
Social housing54.4%17.1%
Privately rented17.3%20.5%
Detached houses0.7%22.9%
Flats87%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van56.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004020 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£597,000651 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£425,000–£891,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (16)£910,000
Semi-detached (61)£1,170,000
Terraced (206)£904,000
Flat (368)£445,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
19an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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