Harris Science Academy East London[1]
Secondary · ages 11–18
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 59 59.3 2025/26[2]
- A-level average grade
- AL C C 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 59.3 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 71.4% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 32.5% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- +0.17 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 56.9[6] | 61%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 54.4[4] | 63.2%[4] | +0.17[4] | |
| 2022/23 | 49.8[7] | 57%[7] | -0.45[7] |
A level (16–18)
- A-level average grade
- C 2024/25[3]
- AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
- 9.5% 2024/25[3]
| Year | A-level average grade | AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | D+[8] | 5%[8] |
| 2022/23 | D-[9] | 2.3%[9] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 90% 2022/23[10]
- School sixth form
- 30% 2022/23[10]
- Sixth-form college
- 17% 2022/23[10]
- Further education college
- 41% 2022/23[10]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[10]
- Employment
- 0% 2022/23[10]
Destinations after 16–18 study
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 76% 2022/23[11]
- UK higher education
- 54% 2022/23[11]
- Education
- 59% 2022/23[11]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[11]
- Employment
- 17% 2022/23[11]
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
- 29 Apr 2025[12]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[12]
- Report published
- 12 Jun 2025[12]
- Personal development
- Outstanding[12]
- Quality of education
- Outstanding[12]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding[12]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[12]
- Sixth form provision (where applicable)
- Good[12]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding[12]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 2.7 Entry Sept 2026[13]
- Applications (any preference)
- 273 Entry Sept 2026[13]
- First preferences
- 48 Entry Sept 2026[13]
- Places offered
- 102 Entry Sept 2026[13]
- First preferences per place
- 0.5 Entry Sept 2026[13]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 212[13] | 29[13] | 72[13] | 2.9[13] | 0.4[13] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 196[13] | 25[13] | 65[13] | 3.0[13] | 0.4[13] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 203[13] | 17[13] | 69[13] | 2.9[13] | 0.2[13] |
Admissions
- Application deadline, 11+ entry
- 30 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[14]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools[1]
- Ages
- 11–18[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1000[1]
- Trust
- HARRIS FEDERATION[1]
- Local authority
- Newham[1]
- Website
- https://www.harrisscienceeastlondon.org.uk/[1]
- District
- Newham[15]
- Postcode
- E3 3DU[1]
- URN
- 149431[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 441 2024/25[16]
- English as an additional language
- 40.6% 2024/25[16]
- SEN support
- 8.8% 2024/25[16]
- EHC plan
- 1.6% 2024/25[16]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 53.2% 2024/25[16]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 21.1%[17]
- Mixed
- 9.9%[17]
- Asian
- 38.8%[17]
- Black
- 24.6%[17]
- Any other ethnic group
- 4.7%[17]
- Unclassified
- 1%[17]
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
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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cms-site-files.reactfiles.co.uk: cms-site-files.reactfiles.co.uk — HSAEL admissions arrangements 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
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The application deadline for admission to Year 7 in the normal admission round is Friday 30th October 2026. (p. 9)
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.