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Harris Academy Tottenham

All-through · London · N17 9LN

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Outstanding

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 12 January 2023

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At a glance

1,307 pupils · 83% of 1,570 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
4–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
36.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
52% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.harristottenham.org.uk
URN
140935

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 198 families named it first for 157 Year 7 places, 1.26 first choices per place. We hold 13 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2014 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 12 January 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.57 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 47 first-choice applications · heavily 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

1.26 first-choice applications per place

157 places offered · 198 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 0.295 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.295 miles

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

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Band 1
0.209 miles
Band 2
0.51 miles
Band 3
0.543 miles
Band 4
1.07 miles
Band 5
1.932 miles
Band 8
1.109 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
89%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
52.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
73.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
55.6%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.9
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+
33.6
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school52.8
Median of its 12 closest peers43.5
Haringey average49
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
Mulberry Academy WoodsideLondon · 2 miles awayStrong standard48.4
The Compton SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayOutstanding54.8
Plumstead Manor SchoolLondon · 10 miles awayNeeds attention33.4
Hatch End High SchoolHarrow · 13 miles awayGood43.9
Matthew Moss High SchoolRochdale · 165 miles awayGood39.4
Hamstead Hall AcademyBirmingham · 103 miles awayGood42.1
Bedford AcademyBedford · 40 miles awayGood42.8
Hendon SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood44.9
Our Lady's RC High SchoolManchester · 162 miles awayStrong standard49.1
The Royal School, WolverhamptonWolverhampton · 111 miles awayGood (2019)43.3
Kelmscott SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood (2016)43.7
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise CollegeSlough · 24 miles awayGood42.1

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 25% (Haringey 14%, England 5%) · Any other White background 21% (Haringey 24%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 11% (Haringey 9%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 10% (Haringey 5%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Haringey 8%, England 3%) · White British 6% (Haringey 17%, England 59%) · Any other Black background 3% (Haringey 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Haringey 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Haringey 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Haringey 1%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Haringey 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Haringey 6%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Haringey 1%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Haringey 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Haringey 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

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)
7.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

12.50 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Haringey: 11.24 suspensions and 0.04 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
22.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 3.36% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

78.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.2 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 £58,055; 18.5% 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£8,761
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 80% (78%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 3% (4%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £6,000; in-year balance +£603,000

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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
94%
Continuing in education
94%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
65%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
10%
Any sustained destination
79%

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)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work28.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier40.4%62.3%
Social housing8.1%17.1%
Privately rented51.4%20.5%
Detached houses5.7%22.9%
Flats52.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms16.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van63.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033943 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£448,000383 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£336,500–£558,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (151)£560,000
Flat (228)£361,000

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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
16an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
129an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
14an 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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