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Harris Academy Beulah Hill

Secondary · London · SE19 3UG

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At a glance

1,011 pupils · 92% of 1,100 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
35.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
26% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
harrisbeulahhill.org.uk
URN
150055

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 111 families named it first for 171 Year 7 places, 0.65 first choices per place. We hold 3 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.65 first-choice applications per place

171 places offered · 111 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

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

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
44.4
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
56.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
33.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4
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-) NE

no pupils entered

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school44.4
Median of its 12 closest peers39.5
Croydon average44.5
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
Lyng Hall SchoolCoventry · 91 miles awayRequires improvement32.6
Bluecoat Wollaton AcademyNottingham · 116 miles awayOutstanding (2018)49.4
The Quest AcademySouth Croydon · 5 miles awayNeeds attention37.5
St Edmund Campion Catholic SchoolBirmingham · 107 miles awayNo current grade45.8
Park Vale AcademyNottingham · 119 miles awayGood42.8
Drapers' AcademyRomford · 20 miles awayGood38.8
Grace Academy CoventryCoventry · 91 miles awayGood43.2
E-ACT Royton and Crompton AcademyOldham · 171 miles awayGood38.7
St Cuthbert Mayne SchoolTorquay · 163 miles awayGood39.7
Accrington AcademyAccrington · 188 miles awayRequires improvement39.4
Oasis Academy Shirley ParkCroydon · 3 miles awayGood42.6
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary AcademyDewsbury · 170 miles awayRequires improvement34.8

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 25% (Croydon 18%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 16% (Croydon 9%, England 1%) · Any other White background 11% (Croydon 9%, England 7%) · White British 10% (Croydon 22%, England 59%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Croydon 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Croydon 4%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Croydon 6%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Croydon 5%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Croydon 5%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 4% (Croydon 4%, England 1%) · Not recorded 3% (Croydon 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Croydon 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Croydon 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Croydon 5%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Croydon 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)
6.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

8.84 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Croydon: 12.91 suspensions and 0.14 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
19.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% 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)

85.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.5 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 £56,824; 18% 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£7,516
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (6%) · supplies and services 13% (11%) · educational supplies 8% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 0% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £420,000; in-year balance +£739,000

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher48.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72.7%62.3%
Social housing6.7%17.1%
Privately rented20.5%20.5%
Detached houses35.9%22.9%
Flats42.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van25.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001159 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£450,000605 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£343,000–£600,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (34)£818,000
Semi-detached (80)£650,000
Terraced (204)£507,000
Flat (287)£342,000

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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
18an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
73an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
13an 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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