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Harris Academy Beckenham[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 54 54.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
54.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
59.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
25.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.38 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 51.6[6] 58.5%[6]
2023/24 54.1[4] 63.5%[4] +0.38[4]
2022/23 51.5[7] 58%[7] +0.30[7]
2021/22 57.3[8] 69%[8] +0.53[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.8% 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] 6.8%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 14.3%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 13.2%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 2.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
66% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
25% 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] 70%[15] 0%[15] 18%[15] 1%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 92%[16] 62%[16] 2%[16] 23%[16] 0%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 63%[17] 1%[17] 30%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 58%[18] 2%[18] 32%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
80% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
49% 2022/23[19]
Education
51% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 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 85%[20] 60%[20] 60%[20] 3%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 84%[21] 60%[21] 63%[21] 5%[21] 16%[21]
2019/20 78%[22] 56%[22] 59%[22] 5%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 62%[23] 71%[23] 3%[23] 14%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
72% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
10% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
12% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 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 69%[26] 12%[26]
2019/20 73%[25] 14%[25] 12%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 73%[27] 11%[27] 10%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 2%[28] 2%[28] 0%[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
4 May 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
2 Jul 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
6 Jun 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] Outstanding[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
7.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
1435 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
264 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
199 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1514[31] 331[31] 200[31] 7.6[31] 1.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024 1469[31] 298[31] 176[31] 8.3[31] 1.7[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1422[31] 302[31] 216[31] 6.6[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1299[31] 257[31] 220[31] 5.9[31] 1.2[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 Entry Sept 2027[32]

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
1200[1]
Trust
HARRIS FEDERATION[1]
Local authority
Bromley[1]
Website
http://www.harrisbeckenham.org.uk/[1]
District
Bromley[33]
Postcode
BR3 3SJ[1]
URN
137121[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1264 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
18.7% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
13% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
54.9%[35]
Mixed
14.8%[35]
Asian
6.8%[35]
Black
18.6%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.2%[35]
Unclassified
2.7%[35]

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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    5.1 The PAN for Year 7 is 180 pupils. (p. 2)
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