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Haberdashers' Borough Academy

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth formSouthwark, London · London SE1 0EXTrust: Haberdashers' Aske'S Federation TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
983of 1,150 places
Free school meals
57.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
175
Ofsted
Good, 5 March 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Haberdashers' Borough Academy’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Music is unusually popular at GCSE: 37% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.8 against 46.1 across England and 52.1 in Southwark, with 43% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Nearly everyone studies a modern language to GCSE (French, German, Spanish entries add up to 87% of the cohort), which is rare outside selective and independent schools.

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 Southwark and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

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

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolSouthwarkEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)47.852.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths43%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%73%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects79%67%41%
EBacc average point score4.654.824.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort47%45%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils42.444.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils52.658.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language25%33%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
English Language175100%89%18%20%73%
Mathematics175100%88%21%22%74%
English Literature17298%86%19%21%73%
Combined Science16393%65%16%9%72%
History11365%41%23%26%53%
French9253%18%24%29%71%
Music6537%5%5%33%52%
Geography6235%41%32%25%74%
Art and Design5632%7%27%24%84%
German5129%5%4%33%57%
Drama4023%7%20%27%63%
Physical Education3922%11%3%24%33%
Computer Science3319%13%15%30%55%
Religious Studies2514%31%36%32%72%
Spanish95%19%89%27%100%
Chemistry95%23%89%47%100%
Biology95%23%89%45%100%
Physics95%23%78%46%100%
Arabic42%1%47%
Italian21%0%53%
Modern Greek11%0%33%
Russian11%0%87%
Portuguese11%0%50%
Turkish11%0%71%
Chinese11%1%75%
Japanese11%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction57

Other secondary schools in Southwark

Ark All Saints Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 568 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2

Ark Globe Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils

87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4

Ark Walworth Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 973 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3

Bacon's College

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,025 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

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.