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Harris Science Academy East London

Secondary · London · E3 3DU

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At a glance

513 pupils · 51% of 1,000 capacity

School type
Free schools
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
47% of pupils
English as additional language
40.6% of pupils
SEN support
8.8% of pupils
EHC plan
1.6% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://www.harrisscienceeastlondon.org.uk/
URN
149431

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.47 first-choice applications per place

102 places offered · 48 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

The school offered a place to every applicant in recent years. Distance was not needed to decide places.

Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
56.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
84.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
61%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.5
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
28.4
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.6%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£13,336
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
90%
Continuing in education
90%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
54%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
17%
Any sustained destination
76%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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