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Harris City Academy Crystal Palace[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 52.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
52.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
61.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
20.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.24 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 52.3[6] 57.1%[6]
2023/24 51.4[4] 55.4%[4] +0.24[4]
2022/23 48.3[7] 46%[7] -0.10[7]
2021/22 54.4[8] 63%[8] +0.26[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.5% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 12.1%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 12.7%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 23.1%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 6.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
69% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
21% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[15] 77%[15] 1%[15] 15%[15] 0%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 76%[16] 2%[16] 15%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 84%[17] 2%[17] 10%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 80%[18] 3%[18] 10%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
61% 2022/23[19]
Education
64% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
21% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 69%[20] 71%[20] 3%[20] 10%[20]
2020/21 86%[21] 67%[21] 70%[21] 4%[21] 12%[21]
2019/20 85%[22] 67%[22] 73%[22] 3%[22] 9%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 65%[23] 74%[23] 4%[23] 13%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
19% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
18% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 78%[26] 30%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 22%[25] 18%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 84%[27] 19%[27] 17%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 86%[28] 19%[28] 16%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
1 Apr 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
19 Jun 2025[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.5 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
938 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
177 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
210 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 959[30] 205[30] 205[30] 4.7[30] 1.0[30]
Entry Sept 2024 1163[30] 258[30] 179[30] 6.5[30] 1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2023 1258[30] 269[30] 180[30] 7.0[30] 1.5[30]
Entry Sept 2022 1328[30] 248[30] 181[30] 7.3[30] 1.4[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1300[1]
Trust
HARRIS FEDERATION[1]
Local authority
Croydon[1]
Website
http://www.harriscrystalpalace.org.uk/[1]
District
Croydon[31]
Postcode
SE19 2JH[1]
URN
135311[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1162 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
32.2% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
8.5% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
2% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
41.1% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
15.2%[33]
Mixed
15.4%[33]
Asian
12.8%[33]
Black
51.2%[33]
Any other ethnic group
2.9%[33]
Unclassified
2.4%[33]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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