Harris Academy Peckham
112 Peckham Road, London, SE15 5DZ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HARRIS FEDERATION
- Executive Principal
- Ms Claudette Bergin
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Harris Federation
- Constituency
- Peckham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 458
- URN
- 134225
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02077034417
About this school
Harris Academy Peckham is a secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 458 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
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 122 | 142 | 136 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.4 | 41.5 | 39.3 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.15 -0.14 to +0.45 | +0.29 0.00 to +0.57 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 31.7% | 35.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 48.6% | 54.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 74% | 59.9% | 62.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
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 Peckham 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 | 41.4 | 48.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.5 | 45.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.3 | 44 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 589 |
| 2023/24 | 605 |
| 2024/25 | 537 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Harris Academy Peckham compares
Harris Academy Peckham ranked 20th of 20 secondary schools in Southwark for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.3 | 7.8% | 60.9% | 458 | — |
| The St Thomas the Apostle College | 61.7 | 5% | 47.2% | 1,140 | 0.8 miles |
| The Charter School East Dulwich | 56.3 | 7.4% | 32.7% | 1,389 | 1.0 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic School | 58 | 4.1% | 48.4% | 950 | 1.0 miles |
| Ark Walworth Academy | 43.3 | 6.9% | 72.2% | 973 | 1.0 miles |
| Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich | 55.5 | 5.4% | 40.2% | 912 | 1.1 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 60.89%
- English as an additional language
- 48.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.76%
- Persistent absence
- 25.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The St Thomas the Apostle College0.8 miles
Secondary · London
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The Charter School East Dulwich1.0 miles
Secondary · London
-
Sacred Heart Catholic School1.0 miles
Secondary · London
-
Ark Walworth Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · London
-
Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich1.1 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Harris Academy Peckham ranks 243rd 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 Peckham teach?
- Harris Academy Peckham teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the executive principal of Harris Academy Peckham?
- The executive principal of Harris Academy Peckham is Ms Claudette Bergin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Harris Academy Peckham last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Harris Academy Peckham, 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 Peckham?
- Harris Academy Peckham has 458 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Harris Academy Peckham full?
- Harris Academy Peckham has capacity for 900 pupils and 458 on roll (51%), 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 Peckham a faith school?
- No. Harris Academy Peckham has no designated religious character.
- Is Harris Academy Peckham a selective school?
- No. Harris Academy Peckham is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Harris Academy Peckham?
- Harris Academy Peckham 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 Peckham's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41.4 in 2022/23 and 39.3 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 Peckham rank locally?
- Harris Academy Peckham ranked 20th of 20 secondary schools in Southwark for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% 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 Peckham's absence rate?
- Harris Academy Peckham's overall absence rate is 7.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Harris Academy Peckham's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Harris Academy Peckham'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 1 July 2026.