Harris Invictus Academy Croydon[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 46 46.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 46.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 45.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 13.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.10 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	Progress 8
2024/25	45[6]	46.5%[6]
2023/24	42.4[4]	44.2%[4]	-0.10[4]
2022/23	45.3[7]	48%[7]	+0.19[7]
2021/22	51.5[8]	50%[8]	+0.51[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 5% 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C-[9]	0%[9]
2022/23	D+[10]	0%[10]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 94% 2022/23[11]
School sixth form: 67% 2022/23[11]
Sixth-form college: 1% 2022/23[11]
Further education college: 26% 2022/23[11]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[11]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[11]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	94%[12]	70%[12]	1%[12]	21%[12]	0%[12]	1%[12]
2020/21	90%[13]	55%[13]	5%[13]	30%[13]	0%[13]	1%[13]
2019/20	94%[14]	52%[14]	9%[14]	32%[14]	0%[14]	1%[14]
2018/19	96%[15]	56%[15]	2%[15]	34%[15]	1%[15]	2%[15]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 88% 2022/23[16]
UK higher education: 55% 2022/23[16]
Education: 60% 2022/23[16]
Apprenticeship: 5% 2022/23[16]
Employment: 23% 2022/23[16]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	77%[17]	54%[17]	54%[17]	8%[17]	15%[17]
2020/21	89%[18]	78%[18]	78%[18]	4%[18]	7%[18]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 58% 2021/22[19]
Top third of most selective universities: 0% 2021/22[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities
2020/21	78%[20]	2%[20]

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: 18 Jan 2023[21]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[21]
Report published: 1 Mar 2023[21]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[21]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Outstanding[21]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
29 Sep 2016[22]	S5 Inspection[22]	Outstanding[22]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.8 Entry Sept 2026[23]
Applications (any preference): 505 Entry Sept 2026[23]
First preferences: 171 Entry Sept 2026[23]
Places offered: 178 Entry Sept 2026[23]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[23]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	490[23]	105[23]	179[23]	2.7[23]	0.6[23]
Entry Sept 2024	545[23]	171[23]	191[23]	2.9[23]	0.9[23]
Entry Sept 2023	563[23]	160[23]	192[23]	2.9[23]	0.8[23]
Entry Sept 2022	510[23]	122[23]	188[23]	2.7[23]	0.6[23]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Capacity: 900[1]
Trust: HARRIS FEDERATION[1]
Local authority: Croydon[1]
Website: http://www.harrisinvictus.org.uk/[1]
District: Croydon [24]
Postcode: CR0 2TB[1]
URN: 140952[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 980 2024/25[25]
English as an additional language: 46.4% 2024/25[25]
SEN support: 15.3% 2024/25[25]
EHC plan: 2.6% 2024/25[25]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 51.2% 2024/25[25]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 15.3%[26]
Mixed: 12.5%[26]
Asian: 30.9%[26]
Black: 31%[26]
Any other ethnic group: 3.2%[26]
Unclassified: 7.1%[26]

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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