Harris Academy Battersea

About Harris Academy Battersea

Harris Academy Battersea sits within the Wandsworth local authority, a London borough with 13 state secondary schools, five of which currently hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school itself is one of those five, but its Progress 8 score of 0.32 places it ninth out of 11 schools in the LA on that metric, well behind the top-performing local peers. The highest-ranked school in the area is Ashcroft Technology Academy, with a Progress 8 score of 1.34, followed by Ark Bolingbroke Academy at 1.04 and Graveney School at 0.74. Ark Bolingbroke Academy is also the nearest Outstanding-rated school to Harris Academy Battersea, located just two kilometres away. This puts the school in a competitive local landscape where it holds a strong Ofsted rating but faces stiff academic competition from several nearby schools with significantly higher pupil progress scores.

Academically, Harris Academy Battersea delivers results that are above the national average, though they sit below the Wandsworth LA average Progress 8 score of 0.55. The school's own Progress 8 score of 0.32 is rated as 'Above average' nationally, and its Attainment 8 score stands at 51.4. In terms of the English Baccalaureate, 71.5 per cent of pupils entered the EBacc, with 45.5 per cent achieving a grade 4 or above and 32.1 per cent achieving a grade 5 or above. The basics measure, which tracks pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths, sits at 69.1 per cent. At sixth form, the school has 62 pupils and a value-added score of -0.03, which is rated as 'Average'. The average points per entry is 32.09, equivalent to a C+ grade, and the best three A-levels average out at a C+ with 33.99 points.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 156 places in the 2025/26 academic year, it received 354 total applications, with 71 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.27. Facilities include a theatre, science labs, a sports hall, an astro turf pitch, a library, a sixth form centre, a dining hall and a chapel. Sports offered range from football and rugby to dance and athletics, while clubs include DofE, coding, orchestra, choir, drama, debate, chess and art club. The school has a broad range of SEND provisions, covering specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. With 56.4 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, this is a school serving a significantly disadvantaged intake, yet achieving above-average progress — a combination that may particularly appeal to families who value strong pastoral support alongside academic ambition.

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