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Harris Girls Academy Bromley

Girls · ages 11–18 · with sixth formBromley, London · Beckenham BR3 1QRTrust: Harris FederationSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,117of 1,250 places
Free school meals
27.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
157
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 13 March 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Cator Park School (URN 101657, until 1 September 2011).

What the data says

Of the 178 pupils who finished Year 11 at Harris Girls Academy Bromley in 2023, 72% stayed on in Harris Girls Academy Bromley’s own sixth form (Bromley average 64%), 14% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 55 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 75% went to university (Bromley 39%, England 37%), and 11% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 58.3 against 46.1 across England and 50.4 in Bromley, with 68% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

French is unusually popular at GCSE: 47% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bromley and England.

Harris Girls Academy Bromley
Bromley
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureHarris Girls Academy BromleyBromleyEngland
Pupils in the cohort1783,693607,348
Any sustained destination92%94%92%
Stayed in education91%91%86%
— school sixth form72%64%34%
— sixth form college4%2%13%
— further education college14%22%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship1%2%3%
Employment1%2%3%
No sustained destination5%3%6%
Destination unknown3%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

Harris Girls Academy Bromley
Bromley
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureHarris Girls Academy BromleyBromleyEngland
Students in the cohort554,604541,441
Any sustained destination89%78%79%
University (higher education)75%39%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students11%23%19%
Further education2%5%5%
Apprenticeship0%7%7%
Employment13%26%28%
No sustained destination11%15%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureHarris Girls Academy BromleyBromleyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)58.350.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths68%54%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths82%72%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects89%55%41%
EBacc average point score5.584.614.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort27%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils49.435.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils61.754.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language22%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 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
Mathematics157100%88%30%22%83%
English Language157100%89%32%20%90%
English Literature15498%86%34%21%88%
Combined Science14290%65%28%9%75%
History8454%41%38%26%83%
French7447%18%51%29%93%
Geography6642%41%30%25%76%
Spanish5535%19%31%27%78%
Religious Studies4428%31%68%32%89%
Citizenship Studies2918%3%48%19%90%
Art and Design2918%7%38%24%90%
Computer Science2516%13%24%30%60%
Drama1912%7%37%27%84%
Music1811%5%33%33%83%
Chemistry1510%23%60%47%93%
Biology1510%23%67%45%93%
Latin1510%1%80%74%100%
Physics1510%23%67%46%93%
3D Design149%2%21%16%71%
Textiles149%2%7%27%86%
Chinese74%1%86%75%100%
Bengali21%0%35%
Italian11%0%53%
Fine Art11%9%28%
Arabic11%1%47%
Portuguese11%0%50%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management5186%
Health Studies3763%
Sports Studies712%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureHarris Girls Academy BromleyBromleyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study162
— of whom A level students592,423261,341
Average A level gradeB-B-B-
Average points per A level entry35.0736.4135.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsC+B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects3%21%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Psychology3458%23%
Sociology2644%13%
Business Studies1322%13%
Biology1119%20%
English Literature1017%11%
Mathematics1017%31%
Spanish915%2%
Chemistry712%17%
Further Mathematics5%
Media Studies4%
Physics12%
Russian0%
Computer Science5%
French1%
Politics6%
History13%
Art and Design1%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 31525%
Business StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 31322%
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Diploma at Level 31119%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionOCR Cambridge Technical Certificate at Level 3
Business StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Diploma at Level 3
Sports StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 3

Other secondary schools in Bromley

Bullers Wood School

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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.3

Charles Darwin School

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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.9

Darrick Wood School

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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.5

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.