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Harris Academy Chobham

All-through · London · E20 1BD

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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 13 May 2025

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At a glance

2,047 pupils · 115% of 1,780 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
42.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
63.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.harrischobham.org.uk/
URN
139703

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 122 families named it first for 113 Year 7 places, 1.08 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.585 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 9 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its inspection on 13 May 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 6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 93 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.08 first-choice applications per place

113 places offered · 122 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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 0.464 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.464 miles

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

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.585 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
85%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
49.5
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
64.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
46.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.7
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.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C+
34.6
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school49.5
Median of its 12 closest peers45
Newham average50.2
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
Carlton BollingBradford · 172 miles awayOutstanding44.4
Alec Reed AcademyNortholt · 16 miles awayGood45.1
Greenford High SchoolSouthall · 16 miles awayExpected standard48.6
London AcademyEdgware · 13 miles awayGood51.7
Mulberry School for GirlsLondon · 3 miles awayOutstanding55.2
Joseph Leckie AcademyWalsall · 109 miles awayExpected standard42.4
Langdon AcademyLondon · 3 miles awayGood (2019)53.5
Lister Community SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayNo current grade44.1
The Stockwood Park AcademyLuton · 29 miles awayGood35.9
Mayfield SchoolDagenham · 6 miles awayGood45
Holly Lodge High School College of ScienceSmethwick · 107 miles awayExpected standard42.1
Preston Manor SchoolWembley · 12 miles awayGood46.2

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 16% (Newham 14%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 15% (Newham 23%, England 2%) · Any other White background 11% (Newham 11%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 10% (Newham 12%, England 5%) · White British 7% (Newham 5%, England 59%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Newham 3%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Newham 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 5% (Newham 10%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Newham 5%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Newham 5%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 4% (Newham 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Newham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Newham 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Newham 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Newham 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Newham 1%, England 2%)

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)
6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.05 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Newham: 7.92 suspensions and 0.15 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
21.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

1.82% 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)

74.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.1 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 £61,009; 15.2% 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£8,751
Typical all-through school£7,789

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 82% (78%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 3% (4%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £623,000; in-year balance +£829,000

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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
96%
Continuing in education
95%
Apprenticeship

suppressed (small cohort)

Employment

suppressed (small cohort)

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
61%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
17%
Any sustained destination
84%

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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier33.3%62.3%
Social housing29.5%17.1%
Privately rented37.2%20.5%
Detached houses3.7%22.9%
Flats61.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van57.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034218 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£510,000475 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£367,000–£658,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (139)£620,000
Flat (334)£446,500

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 Year 7 cutoff distance (0.94 km, 2025 entry): 429 sales, median £520,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.75 km, 2026 entry): 284 sales, median £562,500. 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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
12an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
87an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
15an 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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