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Harris Primary Academy Kenley

Primary · Kenley · CR8 5NF

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Outstanding

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

Inspected 10 June 2025

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At a glance

433 pupils · 96% of 452 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
15.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.harrisprimarykenley.org.uk
URN
139640

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 52 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 0.88 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.442 miles; distance decided places in 8 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. At its inspection on 10 June 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 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.88 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 52 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.442 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.442 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

58 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
72%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

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

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school72%
Median of its 12 closest peers70%
Croydon average70.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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.

SchoolOfstedResult
Goodrich Community Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood59%
Shaw Ridge Primary SchoolSwindon · 76 miles awayGood70%
Braiswick Primary SchoolColchester · 58 miles awayGood66%
Ormiston Cliff Park Primary AcademyGreat Yarmouth · 116 miles awayGood72%
Queen's Park AcademyBournemouth · 86 miles awayGood75%
Huish Primary SchoolYeovil · 113 miles awayOutstanding67%
Southfield Primary SchoolLondon · 14 miles awayOutstanding100%
Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary SchoolLancaster · 219 miles awayExpected standard65%
Heber Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood70%
The Coombes Church of England Primary SchoolReading · 35 miles awayRequires improvement75%
Herons' Moor AcademyWeston-super-Mare · 121 miles awayGood73%
Rise Park Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 125 miles awayExpected standard70%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 29% (Croydon 22%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Croydon 8%, England 3%) · Any other White background 8% (Croydon 9%, England 7%) · Black African 8% (Croydon 15%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 7% (Croydon 8%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Croydon 7%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (Croydon 5%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Croydon 5%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Croydon 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Croydon 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Croydon 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Croydon 6%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Croydon 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Croydon 3%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Croydon 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Croydon 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.40 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Croydon: 1.32 suspensions and 0.03 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
22.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 14% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

11.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 1 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 £49,000; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,744
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £14,000; in-year balance +£89,000

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

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.8%62.3%
Social housing3.2%17.1%
Privately rented11.9%20.5%
Detached houses38.4%22.9%
Flats14.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms35.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001069 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£526,000368 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£425,000–£675,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (103)£710,000
Semi-detached (124)£554,000
Terraced (69)£450,000
Flat (72)£304,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.32 km, 2026 entry): 1,518 sales, median £527,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
23an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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