Harris Academy Wimbledon

State school · Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formMerton, London SW19school website

Almost all Year 11 leavers stay in education, in line with the England rate; 1% start an apprenticeship.

Where this school leads
93%

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

Knowledge sphere of Harris Academy Wimbledon: 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): 70%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): 44%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): 49%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): 24%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): 41%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): 42%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): 11%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): 5%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): 9%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): 21%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): 37%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): 56%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
Outstanding
Places 2025
All offered
Pupils
1,073
Free school meals
42.2%

Ofsted: Full inspection, 10 January 2023 · report. Places: nobody who applied for Year 7 in 2025 was turned away. Pupils: of 1,150 places, including the sixth form. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

93%stayed in education after Year 11
This school93%
Merton92%
England86%

DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 121 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023

Of the 121 pupils who finished Year 11 at Harris Academy Wimbledon in 2023, 65% stayed on in Harris Academy Wimbledon’s own sixth form (Merton average 60%), 21% went 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 WimbledonMertonEngland
Pupils in the cohort1211,711607,348
Any sustained destination93%93%92%
Stayed in education93%92%86%
— school sixth form65%60%34%
— sixth form college4%6%13%
— further education college21%23%37%
— other education2%3%2%
Apprenticeship1%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination2%4%6%
Destination unknown4%3%3%
After sixth form · age 18

Where do sixth-formers go at 18?

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

Universities · named

Which universities did they go to?

1university has told us how many applied, were offered a place and enrolled

Named universities — most schools do not publish this; the official DfE figures above only say how many went to university and how selective those universities were.

universities’ answers to sch.today’s Freedom of Information requests · request tracker

What universities’ own admissions data say1

For each entry year: how many of this school’s students applied, received an offer and enrolled. Counts under five are shown as “<5” to protect individuals. Applications exclude Clearing; enrolments are students who completed registration.

UniversityEntry yearAppliedOffersEnrolled
University of Bristol202585<5

A university’s enrolment count and a school’s own destinations list can differ: the school counts places accepted in the summer, the university counts students registered in the autumn.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

58.3Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school58.3
Merton52.3
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 · 171 pupils in Year 11

40% of pupils here are disadvantaged (England 28%). Disadvantaged pupils here scored 56.0 — above disadvantaged pupils across England (34.9).

69% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Merton 56%, 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 WimbledonMertonEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)58.352.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths69%56%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths88%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects78%58%41%
EBacc average point score5.674.844.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort40%34%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils56.045.334.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils59.855.950.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language37%31%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

44.18%of the Key Stage 3, GCSE and A level curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 3,288 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

Music stands out at GCSE — 22% of the year group took it, against 5% across England. At A level it is Computer Science: 19% of students (England 5%).

Language & Communication70%
Green & Sustainability56%
Natural Sciences49%
Mathematics & Statistics44%
Health & Safety42%

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

GCSE subjects31

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
English Language171100%89%36%20%88%
Mathematics171100%88%37%22%89%
English Literature16798%86%33%21%93%
Spanish12473%19%36%27%85%
Combined Science12171%65%12%9%84%
Geography11064%41%35%25%80%
Computer Science6840%13%35%30%84%
History5935%41%51%26%93%
Chemistry4929%23%88%47%100%
Biology4929%23%88%45%100%
Physics4929%23%82%46%100%
Design and Technology4426%11%18%23%82%
Art and Design4023%7%48%24%85%
Music3722%5%22%33%100%
Religious Studies2816%31%54%32%93%
Drama2716%7%26%27%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition2313%8%4%21%70%
Polish138%1%92%84%100%
Latin85%1%88%74%100%
Chinese42%1%—75%—
Turkish42%0%—71%—
Russian32%0%—87%—
Arabic21%1%—47%—
Portuguese21%0%—50%—
Statistics21%5%—20%—
Urdu11%1%—42%—
Business Studies11%18%—20%—
Citizenship Studies11%3%—19%—
Modern Greek11%0%—33%—
Physical Education11%11%—24%—
Italian11%0%—53%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications3
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction1828%—
Sports Studies1625%—
Health Studies1320%—
A level subjects16

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

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics2742%31%
Economics2438%13%
Biology2234%20%
Psychology1523%23%
Geography1320%10%
Computer Science1219%5%
Chemistry1117%17%
History1117%13%
Politics1117%6%
Art and Design1117%1%
English Literature1016%11%
Physics69%12%
Drama69%2%
Further Mathematics——5%
Spanish——2%
Physical Education——3%
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses1
SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)1727%—
A level results8
MeasureHarris Academy WimbledonMertonEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study151——
— of whom A level students64728261,341
Average A level gradeB-B-B-
Average points per A level entry35.6635.9035.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsC+B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects13%19%18%
Average grade, applied general courses———
Average grade, T levels———
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication76%
Green & Sustainability64%
Natural Sciences59%
Health & Safety52%
Mathematics & Statistics51%
Transversal Skills47%
Engineering & Manufacturing46%
Digital & ICT Skills35%
Arts & Humanities28%
Business & Administration14%
Social & Cultural Skills14%
Law & Public Administration12%

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

fraction 16.4ratio 11.6percentage 11.4gradient 10.8vocabulary 10.7translation 8.8graph 8.2reflection 8.1power 7.8equation 7.4root 7.4particle model 7.3energy transfer 7.2grammar 7.0audience 7.0scale 6.6vector 6.6standard form 6.5area 6.4purpose 6.3exponential function 6.1formulae 6.0inference 5.9impact 5.9

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, graph, unit conversion from Computer Science, Economics, Geography and 13 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, data interpretation, experimental design from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 9 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pressure, conservation of mass, energy change from Biology, Chemistry, Design and Technology and 5 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
More apprenticeships9
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data interpretation, climate change, data collection from Computer Science, Geography, Biology and 6 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, graph, pressure from Biology, Biology, Chemistry and 3 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, chart from Computer Science, Geography, Mathematics and 10 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Physics, Chemistry and 4 more · jobs: battery test technician
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, si unit, measurement from Economics, Mathematics, Biology and 6 more
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses presentation, data presentation, experimental design from Computer Science, Economics, Geography and 9 more · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
Water industry network technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses standard form, unit conversion, volume from Biology, Chemistry, Design and Technology and 4 more · jobs: sewerage network operative, product quality inspector, sewerage maintenance technician
Aerospace engineerLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses equilibrium, friction, kinematics from Mathematics, Chemistry, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: aerodynamics engineer, aerospace engineer, aircraft maintenance technician
Laboratory technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · health and science · uses graph, median, data presentation from Biology, Chemistry, Economics and 8 more · jobs: bacteriology technician, scientific laboratory technician, biology technician
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.

Merton allocation statistics (1 March 2025)

  1. 31 OctApply to Merton in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
  2. 1 MarNational Offer Day
  3. Dec–FebYear 11: apply directly to the sixth form; most close applications in these months
Merton

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.