Secondary school

Harris Academy Sutton

  • Free School
  • ages 11–19
  • Mixed
  • Sutton
  • SM2 5RD
  • Sixth form

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 314 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 10%

Top % in England, by year
2022/23: top 8%8%2023/24: top 8%2024/25: top 10%

A-level results

#164 of 438 London sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against London

Attainment 858.2 · London 50.19/10 Top 20%
Grade 5+ English and maths70.2% · London 51.8%9/10 Top 20%
EBacc point score5.44 · London 4.569/10 Top 20%
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.91 · London +0.329/10 Top 20%
A level points per entry37.43 · London 34.78/10 Above
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Attainment 8
2022/23: 60.6 · 193 pupils · London 50.552023/24: 59.9 · 224 pupils · London 50.62024/25: 58.2 · 205 pupils · London 50.1560.658.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
2022/23: 79% · 193 pupils · London 53.5%2023/24: 76.3% · 224 pupils · London 55.5%2024/25: 70.2% · 205 pupils · London 51.8%79%70.2%
A level points per entry
2024/25: 37.43 · 105 pupils · London 34.737.43

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in53.8%
165 of 307 who put it first2018 · 100.0%2026 · 53.7%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st307165
2nd35116
3rd40611
Last distance offered
  • 2026/271.1 km
  • 2025/26970 m
  • 2024/251.2 km

Inspections · 2023

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Read what Ofsted said (3)

From Ofsted report, inspected Feb 2023

Strengths

  • “Leaders have designed and put in place an exceptional curriculum.”
  • “It is demanding and places pupils’ needs and aspirations at its heart.”
  • “Across all subjects, they develop secure and detailed knowledge.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,294
Free school meals (past 6 years)18.1%
First language not English38.3%
SEN support10.4%
EHC plan2.9%
Absence (sessions missed)5.0%
Persistently absent pupils11.5%

Girls 46.3%Boys 53.7%

99.9% full · 1,295 places · 247 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.9
Pupils per adult13.5
  • Classroom teachers 63.1
  • Leadership 9
  • Teaching assistants 9.9
  • Other support 26.4

Teachers 72.1 FTE · Whole workforce 108.4 · 114 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,840
Spend per pupil£6,774
Staff spend per pupil£5,342
Reserve per pupil£483
  • +£626,000revenue reserve
  • +£1,382,000in-year balance

Grants £7,737 · self-generated £123 · premises £392 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: HARRIS FEDERATION (55 academies) · trust reserve £28,094,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

224 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained96.9%
  • Education93.3%
  • Apprenticeship3.1%
  • Employment0.4%
  • Not sustained1.8%
  • Unknown1.3%