Harris Academy Beulah Hill
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Croydon
Spurgeon Road, London, SE19 3UG
63
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
98%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.9%
20.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,011
Capacity used
Nearly full92%
1,100 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
98%
1st preference success rate
116 of 118 families who put it first got an offer
181
Places offered
484
Total applications
2.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 118 | 116 | ● 98% |
| 2nd preference | 131 | 38 | ● 29% |
| 3rd preference | 85 | 11 | ● 13% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 150 | 16 | ● 11% |
| Total | 484 | 181 | 37% |
1st preference success by year
Croydon lets families list 6 preferences. 71 applications came from outside the council area (18 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
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Billy Goldsmith
- Address
- Spurgeon Road, London, SE19 3UG
- Phone
- 02086531661
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Ward / constituency
- Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood · Streatham and Croydon North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150055
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 36% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 24% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: HARRIS FEDERATION
1,011 pupils · 1,100 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsAttendance
2024/2025 school year · 874 pupils
Attendance
92.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.9%
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 | 44.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.00 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 34% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 51% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.94 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 33.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 56.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 43.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.96 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 163 | — |
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.
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 | 160 | 16% | 38% | 63% | |
| English Language | 160 | 8% | 47% | 68% | |
| English Literature | 156 | 12% | 50% | 72% | |
| Combined Science | 136 | 6% | 26% | 56% | |
| Geography | 95 | 14% | 44% | 58% | |
| Religious Studies | 76 | 33% | 62% | 70% | |
| Business | 70 | 3% | 33% | 59% | |
| History | 68 | 13% | 49% | 56% | |
| Spanish | 38 | 34% | 68% | 76% | |
| French | 30 | 20% | 67% | 87% | |
| Biology | 23 | 43% | 87% | 87% | |
| Chemistry | 23 | 48% | 87% | 87% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
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 Croydon council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
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.