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Harris Academy Wimbledon

Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Merton

59 High Path, London, SW19 2JY

Website 02039624300

73

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

Outstanding

Graded 10/01/2023

Application demand

71%

1st preference success · Oversubscribed

Attendance

92.8%

21.0% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,073

Capacity used

Nearly full

93%

1,150 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Secondary entry · official council applications and offers

Oversubscribed

71%

1st preference success rate

132 of 186 families who put it first got an offer

184

Places offered

975

Total applications

5.3

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference186132● 71%
2nd preference20028● 14%
3rd preference20316● 8%
Later preferences (4th–6th)3868● 2%
Total97518419%

1st preference success by year

71%
2020
70%
2021
62%
2022
67%
2023
56%
2024
71%
2025

Merton lets families list 6 preferences. 204 applications came from outside the council area (28 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Free schools
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Yes
Headteacher
Joanne Larizadeh
Address
59 High Path, London, SW19 2JY
Phone
02039624300
Local authority
Merton
Ward / constituency
Abbey · Wimbledon
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
145860

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals42%——
English as additional language39%——
SEN support8%——
57% boys (607)43% girls (466)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: HARRIS FEDERATION

1,073 pupils · 1,150 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 23

    10 January 2023

    Full graded inspection

    Outstanding overall effectiveness
    Personal developmentOutstanding
    Quality of educationOutstanding
    Safeguarding effectiveYes
    Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
Read the full Ofsted report

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 927 pupils

Attendance

92.8%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

7.3%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

21.0%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

2.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

3.7%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

11%
20/21
19%
21/22
22%
22/23
19%
23/24
21%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Attainment 8 score50.9——
Progress 8 score0.62—0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths47%——
Grade 4+ in English & maths70%——
EBacc average point score4.98——

Progress 8 band

Well below
5% of schools
Below
26% of schools
Average
43% of schools
Above
21% of schools
Well above
5% of schools

GCSE results over time

56.4202350.9202458.32025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 858.346
Grade 5+ English & maths69%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths88.3%65%
Entering EBacc77.8%40%
EBacc average point score5.674.1
Pupils in cohort171—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils
+0.30
Other pupils
+0.88
Low prior attainers
+0.87
Middle prior attainers
+0.53
High prior attainers
+0.53
Girls
+0.60
Boys
+0.64

A-level results over time

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry35.6635
Average gradeB-—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)12.5%17%
A-level students64—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
Mathematics17137%74%89%
English Language17136%74%88%
English Literature16733%75%93%
Spanish12436%68%85%
Combined Science12112%55%84%
Geography11035%70%80%
Computer Science6835%62%84%
History5951%88%93%
Biology4988%100%100%
Physics4982%98%100%
Chemistry4988%100%100%
Design & Technology4418%50%82%

A level

SubjectEntriesA*A*–AA*–B
Mathematics2715%30%48%
Economics240%8%50%
Biology225%9%18%
Psychology1520%47%93%
Geography138%15%62%
Computer Science128%25%33%
History110%36%73%
Chemistry119%18%36%
Art and Design1136%55%82%
Government and Politics110%18%45%
English Literature100%10%40%
Physics617%33%83%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2

UCAS apply centre 20830: Harris Academy Wimbledon

Cambridge admissions12025
Applications6
Offers≤5
Success rate—
Accepted offers≤5

1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

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Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Merton council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Year 7 (secondary)31 October1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.