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Harris Academy Chobham

Mixed · ages 3–18 · with sixth formNewham, London · London E20 1BDTrust: Harris FederationSchool website
Pupils on roll
2,047of 1,780 places
Free school meals
42.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
210
Ofsted
Inspected, 13 May 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 203 pupils who finished Year 11 at Harris Academy Chobham in 2023, 61% stayed on in Harris Academy Chobham’s own sixth form (Newham average 39%) and 13% went to a further education college.

Among the 166 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 61% went to university (Newham 53%, England 37%), and 28% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.5 against 46.1 across England and 51.2 in Newham, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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 Newham and England.

Harris Academy Chobham
Newham
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureHarris Academy ChobhamNewhamEngland
Pupils in the cohort2034,613607,348
Any sustained destination96%93%92%
Stayed in education95%92%86%
— school sixth form61%39%34%
— sixth form college20%28%13%
— further education college13%23%37%
— other education2%2%
Apprenticeship3%
Employment1%3%
No sustained destination3%4%6%
Destination unknown1%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

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

Harris Academy Chobham
Newham
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureHarris Academy ChobhamNewhamEngland
Students in the cohort1663,903541,441
Any sustained destination84%79%79%
University (higher education)61%53%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students28%33%19%
Further education2%6%5%
Apprenticeship2%3%7%
Employment17%15%28%
No sustained destination11%15%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureHarris Academy ChobhamNewhamEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)49.551.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths64%72%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects72%59%41%
EBacc average point score4.654.644.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort52%51%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils46.948.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils52.354.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language69%65%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
Mathematics211100%88%18%22%72%
English Language210100%89%21%20%71%
English Literature210100%86%23%21%71%
Combined Science18086%65%12%9%63%
History12560%41%25%26%63%
Spanish12359%19%23%27%70%
Geography7837%41%21%25%60%
Sociology5627%4%14%21%57%
Economics5225%1%10%34%73%
Religious Studies5124%31%22%32%57%
Drama5024%7%32%27%94%
Chinese4019%1%70%75%100%
Biology3014%23%60%45%100%
Physics3014%23%50%46%93%
Physical Education2914%11%3%24%62%
Chemistry2914%23%69%47%97%
Computer Science2512%13%12%30%72%
Art and Design2512%7%28%24%60%
Film Studies2311%1%22%20%65%
Design and Technology199%11%26%23%74%
Music178%5%18%33%82%
Portuguese31%0%50%
Turkish21%0%71%
Arabic21%1%47%
French10%18%29%
Italian10%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management4939%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureHarris Academy ChobhamNewhamEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study336
— of whom A level students1252,110261,341
Average A level gradeC+BB-
Average points per A level entry34.6540.5535.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsC+BB-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects7%36%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
Psychology4838%23%
Economics4536%13%
Sociology4435%13%
Mathematics3326%31%
English Literature3226%11%
History2722%13%
Biology2117%20%
Chemistry2016%17%
Film Studies1411%2%
Geography1310%10%
Physics119%12%
Spanish108%2%
Religious Studies108%4%
Drama86%2%
Physical Education65%3%
Portuguese0%
Chinese0%
Further Mathematics5%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Business StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma at Level 32822%
Sports StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma at Level 31814%
MathematicsGCE AS level (All)
MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Business StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 3

Where Harris Academy Chobham is

Other secondary schools in Newham are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Newham’s allocation statistics.

Other secondary schools in Newham

Bobby Moore Academy

Free schools · sixth form · 971 pupils

87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6

Brampton Manor Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 2,987 pupils

94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.9

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.