Harris Academy Peckham

State school · Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSouthwark, London SE15school website

Four in five Year 11 leavers stay in education, in line with the England rate; most to a further education college (37%).

Where this school leads
84%

of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Southwark 92% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Harris Academy Peckham: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 62%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 31%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 36%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 5%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 31%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 35%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 5%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 19%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 18%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 39%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
Standards kept
Places 2025
All offered
Pupils
458
Free school meals
53.4%

Ofsted: Short inspection, 11 February 2025: the last full grade still stands · report. Places: nobody who applied for Year 7 in 2025 was turned away. Pupils: of 900 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Warwick Park School (URN 100848).

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

84%stayed in education after Year 11
This school84%
Southwark92%
England86%

DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 122 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023

Harris Academy Peckham has no sixth form. Of the 122 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 18% moved to a sixth form college, 37% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.

Full breakdown11
MeasureHarris Academy PeckhamSouthwarkEngland
Pupils in the cohort1223,117607,348
Any sustained destination86%94%92%
Stayed in education84%92%86%
— school sixth form30%58%34%
— sixth form college18%10%13%
— further education college37%21%37%
— other education0%3%2%
Apprenticeship1%1%3%
Employment1%1%3%
No sustained destination9%4%6%
Destination unknown5%2%3%
GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

39.3Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school39.3
Southwark52.1
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 136 pupils in Year 11

58% of pupils here are disadvantaged (England 28%). Disadvantaged pupils here scored 37.5 — above disadvantaged pupils across England (34.9).

35% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Southwark 55%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureHarris Academy PeckhamSouthwarkEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)39.352.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths35%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths54%73%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects63%67%41%
EBacc average point score3.664.824.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort58%45%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils37.544.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils41.858.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language48%33%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

56.81%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

French stands out at GCSE — 36% of the year group took it, against 18% across England.

Language & Communication62%
Green & Sustainability39%
Natural Sciences36%
Health & Safety35%
Mathematics & Statistics31%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects21

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics13196%88%11%22%56%
English Language13196%89%11%20%60%
English Literature13096%86%12%21%69%
Combined Science11988%65%2%9%38%
History7051%41%17%26%56%
Religious Studies5540%31%7%32%53%
French4936%18%16%29%63%
Spanish4735%19%45%27%74%
Geography4130%41%2%25%59%
Music2317%5%0%33%70%
Art and Design2015%7%5%24%65%
Drama1612%7%19%27%88%
Computer Science1310%13%0%30%54%
Physics129%23%25%46%100%
Chemistry129%23%75%47%100%
Biology129%23%33%45%100%
Turkish32%0%—71%—
Italian21%0%—53%—
Portuguese21%0%—50%—
Citizenship Studies11%3%—19%—
Arabic11%1%—47%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications3
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies42——
Tourism25——
Small Business Management25——
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication70%
Green & Sustainability50%
Natural Sciences48%
Health & Safety47%
Mathematics & Statistics39%
Engineering & Manufacturing37%
Transversal Skills30%
Arts & Humanities26%
Digital & ICT Skills19%
Social & Cultural Skills9%
Law & Public Administration8%
Business & Administration3%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 15.6percentage 10.4vocabulary 10.2ratio 10.1gradient 8.4translation 8.4power 7.5reflection 7.2particle model 7.0grammar 6.8equation 6.8root 6.8audience 6.7energy transfer 6.0standard form 5.9formulae 5.9area 5.9purpose 5.8impact 5.8theme 5.4change of state 5.3evidence 5.2context 5.2inference 4.9

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, unit conversion, area from Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science and 7 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pressure, conservation of mass, energy change from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 3 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, data interpretation, sampling technique from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 3 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
More apprenticeships9
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses climate change, data interpretation, conduct field work from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 3 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, graph, pressure from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: battery test technician
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses spelling, punctuation, grammar from English Literature, English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, presentation from Computer Science, English Language, Geography and 3 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, measurement, data interpretation from Biology, Geography, Mathematics and 3 more
Water industry network technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses standard form, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: sewerage network operative, product quality inspector, sewerage maintenance technician
Storyboard artistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · creative and design · uses presentation, accuracy, interpretation from Art and Design, Drama, English Language and 6 more · jobs: storyboard artist
Junior visual effects - VFX artist or assistant technical director - ATDLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses scale, data collection, data structure from Art and Design, Chemistry, Computer Science and 5 more · jobs: 3D modeller, technical director, animation layout artist
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Allapplicants were offered a Year 7 place for 2025

Last distance offered — how far from school the furthest place went under the distance criterion; siblings, faith, feeder-school and banding criteria come first, so it is a guide, not a boundary. “All offered” means nobody was turned away.

Southwark allocation statistics (1 August 2025)

  1. 31 OctApply to Southwark in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
  2. 1 MarNational Offer Day
Southwark

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.