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Harris Academy Peckham

Secondary · London · SE15 5DZ

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 11 February 2025

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At a glance

458 pupils · 51% of 900 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
53.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
48.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.harrispeckham.org.uk/
URN
134225

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 47 families named it first for 114 Year 7 places, 0.41 first choices per place. At its inspection on 11 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.41 first-choice applications per place

114 places offered · 47 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)

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

Attainment 8 score
39.3
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
54.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
35.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.7
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.

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school39.3
Median of its 12 closest peers36.9
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
Eden Boys' School, BirminghamBirmingham · 106 miles awayOutstanding (2018)61.3
Jewellery Quarter AcademyBirmingham · 105 miles awaySerious weaknesses35.2
Star King Solomon AcademyBirmingham · 104 miles awaySpecial measures34.1
Outwood Academy RiversideMiddlesbrough · 220 miles awayGood43.2
Tile Cross AcademyBirmingham · 100 miles awayGood35.6
Astrea Academy WoodfieldsDoncaster · 147 miles awayGood36.8
Bishop Stopford's SchoolEnfield · 13 miles awayGood36.5
Valley AcademyBradford · 176 miles awayExpected standard38.7
City AcademyBirmingham · 104 miles awayNeeds attention36.4
Holy Trinity Catholic SchoolBirmingham · 103 miles awayGood44
Oasis Academy Lord's HillSouthampton · 70 miles awayInadequate37
All Saints Catholic High SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood44.1

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 36% (Southwark 28%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 14% (Southwark 7%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 10% (Southwark 7%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 7% (Southwark 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 6% (Southwark 10%, England 7%) · White British 5% (Southwark 18%, England 59%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Southwark 6%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Southwark 3%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Southwark 5%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Southwark 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Southwark 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Southwark 1%, England 4%) · Not recorded 1% (Southwark 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Southwark 1%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Southwark 0%, England 0%)

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)
8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
24.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

12.48 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · 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
17.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

3.3% 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)

88.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 8 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 £58,203; 12.5% 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£11,651
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 9% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £328,000; in-year balance +£489,000

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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
86%
Continuing in education
84%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier20.1%62.3%
Social housing48.8%17.1%
Privately rented30.8%20.5%
Detached houses2.9%22.9%
Flats84.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9%21.1%
Households with no car or van69%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004067 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£530,0001,016 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£390,000–£845,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (14)£1,709,000
Semi-detached (52)£1,212,500
Terraced (292)£907,500
Flat (658)£425,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
7an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
35an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
237an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
48an 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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