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27/08/25

✨ Still looking for a Sixth Form? We’ve got places available at Harris Garrard Academy Post-16! 📅 Open Thursday & Friday, 10am – 1pm 📞 020 8320 4800 📧 sixthform.org.uk Your future starts here – don’t miss out! 🚀

23/08/25

✨ Still looking for a Sixth Form? We’ve got places available at Harris Garrard Academy Post-16! 📅 Open Tuesday – Friday, 9am – 1pm 📞 020 8320 4800 📧 sixthform.org.uk Your future starts here – don’t miss out! 🚀

22/08/25

⏰ It’s happening NOW! 📍 Post-16 Enrolment at Harris Garrard Academy 🕙 Today, 10am – 3pm Spaces are filling fast – come down today and secure your future with us. Don’t wait, your next chapter starts here! 🚀

27/06/25

We recently hosted our last Project Thamesmead event of the year. Focusing on the Olympics with running, throwing and jumping events. It gave over 110 children from 3 primary schools the opportunity to represent their school and excel!     

11/06/25

Our primary team are taking part in the Tag Rugby  representing team  . The team are doing incredibly well testing their skills against the very best in London! 

04/06/25

We launched Harris Stars with a brilliant session for Y7s! 🌟 Y12 leaders Angel & Juliet shared advice on friendships, communication & boundaries. Part 1 of 6 in Conversations with My Younger Self. 💬   

01/05/25

Our Year 7s are fully embracing farm life! 🐄 From mucking out to feeding and caring for the animals, they’re showing real responsibility and care. 🐖❤️🌿

30/04/25

A brilliant effort from our Year 7s this morning as they climbed to the top of the hill! ⛰️ Lots of determination, teamwork, and amazing views at the summit! 🌄👏

30/04/25

Breakfast time! 🍳 The students are up and busy preparing the most important meal of the day — teamwork and tasty food all round! 🥞🥣

29/04/25

Today’s activities are in full swing! ☀️ From outdoor adventures to team challenges, our Year 7s are making the most of every moment! 🏕️🌿

29/04/25

Morning rounds to feed the animals! 🐐🐓🐇 The students are up early and getting stuck in with farm life! 🌾

28/04/25

We’re pleased to share that all our Year 7 students on the Bertha Earth residential trip have arrived safe and sound! ✨ Everyone is in great spirits and excited for a week full of adventure and discovery ahead! 🌍⛺

23/04/25

Thrilled to see 15 of our Y10s selected for the Digital Futures workshops at King’s College London 🎓💻 They smashed the first session today – full of energy, curiosity & focus ⭐ Proud of how they represented the academy! 🚀     

21/03/25

Get ready for an epic showdown—turf wars 🏈⚡ are heating up on the gridiron! 🔥🌩️

10/03/25

Year 11 and their parents joined us tonight to collect their mock results, and we couldn’t be prouder! ⭐ Our best set of mock results ever! 🎉 Now it’s time to work on those gaps and push for even greater success in the summer! 💪📚     

28/02/25

Huge thanks to  for inspiring our Year 10 & 11 girls this week! ✨ Through workshops & mentorship, they built confidence, defined their brand & explored their futures. Special thanks to the incredible women who shared their journeys! 💪🚀 

25/02/25

Welcome back to the Spring Term! We hope your child had a restful and enjoyable break. As we begin this new half-term, we are excited about the fresh learning opportunities, engaging activities, and enriching experiences ahead.

04/02/25

🌿✍️ Poetry meets nature! Guided by poet and educator Esme Allman, students explored the Conservatory  through a creative lens. Through metaphors, descriptive language, they crafted their own eco-poems—blending art and nature in a truly inspiring workshop. 🌱📖

01/02/25

Huge well done to our Year 11 students for showing up en masse for this morning’s Maths Walking Talking Mock! 📚✏️ It’s amazing to see such dedication as they enter their third week of mock exams👏💪 Keep pushing, you’ve got this! 🚀🔥      🎉

24/01/25

We’ve been soaring through the first week of our Year 11 mock exam series! ✈️📚 With two more weeks to go, we couldn’t be prouder of the dedication and focus Year 11 have demonstrated in preparing for their exams. 💪✨ Keep up the fantastic work!

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Exam Results and Performance

Students at Harris Garrard Academy celebrated outstanding GCSE results in August 2025, demonstrating the hard work and dedication of both pupils and staff throughout the academic year.


Key Stage 4 results - strong progress and attainment

Harris Garrard Academy achieved an impressive Progress 8 score of +0.54 for 2023-24, the most recent year for which this measure is available. This positive score indicates that students made significantly more progress than the national average between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4, reflecting the high-quality teaching and support provided at the academy.


2024-25 results highlights

Our results for 2024-25 show continued excellence across key performance indicators:

  • Attainment 8 score of 47.75. This represents the average grade students achieved across eight key subjects, showing consistent improvement on our previous year's score of 47.41.

  • 46% of students achieved Grade 5 or above in both English and Maths. This "strong pass" benchmark shows that nearly half of our students have achieved the higher standard in these crucial subjects.

  • 63% of students achieved Grade 4 or above in both English and Maths. Almost two-thirds of students secured the standard pass in these core subjects, providing them with a solid foundation for further study or employment.

  • 67% of students entered the English Baccalaureate (EBacc). This high entry rate shows our commitment to providing students with a broad and academically rigorous curriculum, including English, Maths, Science, a Humanity, and a Modern Foreign Language.

Building on success

This is an amazing achievement and builds on our past success, demonstrating year-on-year improvement and our ongoing commitment to academic excellence.

We are incredibly proud of our students' achievements and would like to thank our dedicated staff, supportive parents and carers, and of course, the students themselves for their resilience and commitment to learning.

View our Department for Education performance information for full details of our results and how we compare nationally.


16-19 results (2024-5)

Our Sixth Form continues to expand and strengthen, with students achieving strong results across both academic and applied pathways. In 2025, students achieved an average grade of C– at A Level and Distinction– for Applied General courses, with positive value-added scores in both areas, showing that learners make strong progress from their starting points.

Students made exceptional progress in English Literature, Sociology, and CTEC Sport, reflecting the high quality of teaching, ambitious curriculum, and the commitment of our students. These outcomes highlight our culture of high expectations and personalised support, where every learner is encouraged to thrive and achieve.

A Level

Year

Entries

Attainment Measure (Average Grade)

Progress Measure (Value Added)

2023

31

C–

–0.53

2024

32

C+

+0.11

2025

71

C–

+0.06

Applied General

Year

Entries

Attainment Measure (Average Grade)

Progress Measure (Value Added)

2023

10

Distinction

+0.21

2024

8

Distinction–

+0.37

2025

12

Distinction–

+0.33

We are proud of the determination our students show and the success they achieve. The majority of our 2025 leavers have progressed to positive destinations 93% secured a place at university, 5% moved directly into employment, and 1% began an apprenticeship, with no students recorded as NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training). These outcomes reflect not only our students’ ambition, but also the guidance and support they receive throughout their time in the Sixth Form.

View our Department for Education performance information.


Early Years & Key Stages 1-2 (2024- 25)

The academy continues to excel in its primary outcomes this academic year, achieving well above national averages across the school and putting us in the top 5% of schools nationally, with 82% of students achieving the expected level in combined measure (reading, writing and maths) at the end of Key Stage 2 (compared to 62% nationally). There were some amazing individual results which you can see below.

  • 88% of pupils achieved expected in reading compared to 75% nationally

  • 84% of pupils achieved expected in maths compared to just 74% nationally

  • 88% of pupils achieved expected in writing compared to just 72% nationally

The percentage of pupils who achieved a higher standard was 39% (reading), 21% (maths) and 29% (writing).

In Early Years, 87% of our students achieved Good Learning Development compared to 67% nationally.

In our KS1 Phonics Check, 80% of pupils passed this important benchmark meeting national targets.

In our Multiplication Check for Year 4, 56.6% of students scored 25/25 compared to 34% nationally.

We are very proud of our students, staff, parents/carers and the community for working together to make these results happen. These achievements change children’s lives and open new opportunities. Working together does and will enable us to achieve great things for our students and local community.