Harris Academy Bermondsey
55 Southwark Park Road, London, SE16 3TZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- HARRIS FEDERATION
- Principal
- Ms Gizle Landman
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Harris Federation
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,150
- Pupils on roll
- 781
- URN
- 131747
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02072379316
About this school
Harris Academy Bermondsey is a girls' secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 781 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 160 | 164 | 155 |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.8 | 51.3 | 54.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.52 +0.30 to +0.75 | +0.55 +0.32 to +0.78 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% | 45.7% | 56.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 65.9% | 71.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 94% | 92.7% | 94.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Harris Academy Bermondsey has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Southwark average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51.8 | 48.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 51.3 | 45.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 54.6 | 44 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 880 |
| 2023/24 | 868 |
| 2024/25 | 835 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Harris Academy Bermondsey compares
Harris Academy Bermondsey ranked 8th of 20 secondary schools in Southwark for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 86% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54.6 | 6.5% | 58.2% | 781 | — |
| City of London Academy (Southwark) | 52.9 | 7.9% | 55.5% | 1,589 | 0.4 miles |
| The Charter School Bermondsey | 40.9 | 11.3% | 63.6% | 497 | 0.4 miles |
| St Michael's Catholic College | 58 | 5% | 36.9% | 948 | 0.5 miles |
| Ark Walworth Academy | 43.3 | 6.9% | 72.2% | 973 | 0.6 miles |
| St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School | 52.7 | 7.5% | 54.8% | 620 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.16%
- English as an additional language
- 42%
- Overall absence
- 6.52%
- Persistent absence
- 17.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
City of London Academy (Southwark)0.4 miles
Secondary · London
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The Charter School Bermondsey0.4 miles
Secondary · London
-
St Michael's Catholic College0.5 miles
Secondary · London
-
Ark Walworth Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · London
-
St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School0.7 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Harris Academy Bermondsey ranks 80th of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Harris Academy Bermondsey teach?
- Harris Academy Bermondsey teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the principal of Harris Academy Bermondsey?
- The principal of Harris Academy Bermondsey is Ms Gizle Landman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Harris Academy Bermondsey last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Harris Academy Bermondsey, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Harris Academy Bermondsey?
- Harris Academy Bermondsey has 781 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Harris Academy Bermondsey full?
- Harris Academy Bermondsey has capacity for 1,150 pupils and 781 on roll (68%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Harris Academy Bermondsey a faith school?
- No. Harris Academy Bermondsey has no designated religious character.
- Is Harris Academy Bermondsey a selective school?
- No. Harris Academy Bermondsey is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Harris Academy Bermondsey?
- Harris Academy Bermondsey is part of HARRIS FEDERATION. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Harris Academy Bermondsey's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 51.8 in 2022/23 and 54.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Harris Academy Bermondsey rank locally?
- Harris Academy Bermondsey ranked 8th of 20 secondary schools in Southwark for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 86% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Harris Academy Bermondsey's absence rate?
- Harris Academy Bermondsey's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Harris Academy Bermondsey's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Harris Academy Bermondsey's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.