Harris Girls Academy Bromley
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Bromley
Lennard Road, Beckenham, BR3 1QR
84
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
84%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.6%
18.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,117
Capacity used
Has space89%
1,250 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
84%
1st preference success rate
103 of 123 families who put it first got an offer
179
Places offered
677
Total applications
3.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 123 | 103 | ● 84% |
| 2nd preference | 148 | 41 | ● 28% |
| 3rd preference | 155 | 21 | ● 14% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 251 | 14 | ● 6% |
| Total | 677 | 179 | 26% |
1st preference success by year
Bromley lets families list 6 preferences. 339 applications came from outside the council area (96 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Steven Sherwin
- Address
- Lennard Road, Beckenham, BR3 1QR
- Phone
- 02087785917
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Ward / constituency
- Penge & Cator · Beckenham and Penge
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137379
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 27% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 13% | — | — |
| SEN support | 7% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: HARRIS FEDERATION
1,117 pupils · 1,250 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
13 March 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 948 pupils
Attendance
93.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 58.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.99 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 70% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 82% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.70 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.56 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 58.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 67.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 81.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 88.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.58 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 157 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.07 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 2.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 59 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 157 | 30% | 68% | 83% | |
| English Language | 157 | 32% | 75% | 90% | |
| English Literature | 154 | 34% | 77% | 88% | |
| Combined Science | 142 | 28% | 61% | 75% | |
| History | 84 | 38% | 73% | 83% | |
| French | 74 | 51% | 86% | 93% | |
| Geography | 66 | 30% | 59% | 76% | |
| Art and Design | 58 | 26% | 62% | 84% | |
| Spanish | 55 | 31% | 64% | 78% | |
| Religious Studies | 44 | 68% | 86% | 89% | |
| Social Studies | 29 | 48% | 83% | 90% | |
| Computer Science | 25 | 24% | 36% | 60% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 34 | 3% | 9% | 32% | |
| Sociology | 26 | 0% | 15% | 62% | |
| Business Studies | 13 | 0% | 8% | 69% | |
| Biology | 11 | 0% | 9% | 27% | |
| Mathematics | 10 | 10% | 20% | 30% | |
| English Literature | 10 | 0% | 20% | 90% | |
| Spanish | 9 | 0% | 33% | 56% | |
| Chemistry | 7 | 0% | 0% | 14% | |
| French | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Government and Politics | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 18848: Harris Girls Academy Bromley
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 62% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 3% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 63% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Bromley council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.