Harris Academy Orpington | School performance

53%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

38%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

42.7

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

47%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

242.8

EBacc APS · 2024/25

501

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

21%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

53%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

38%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

42.7

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

47%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

242.8

EBacc APS · 2024/25

501

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

21%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

53%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

38%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

42.7

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

47%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

242.8

EBacc APS · 2024/25

501

Pupils · 2024/25

16%

EAL · 2024/25

21%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 24/05/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBromley

PhaseSecondary with sixth form with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio15.7:1

Admissions—

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Harris Academy Orpington · Secondary with sixth form · Bromley

Part ofHARRIS FEDERATION

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

53%

-5pp

63%56%48%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 53%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

38%

+3pp

43%36%28%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 38%

Attainment 8

42.7

-0.3

43.941.038.2

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 42.7

EBacc entry

47%

-26pp

74%60%47%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 47%

EBacc APS

242.8

-247.5

625.5434.1242.8

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 242.8

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

27.4

-0.9

28.325.522.6

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 27.4

A-level value added

-0.20

+0.1

+0.2-0.2-0.6

'17'18'19'24'25

'25 · -0.2

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

11%

+11pp

19%9%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 11%

Average A-level grade

C-

C-C-D

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · C-

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

501

Pupil : teacher ratio

15.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

16%

FSM eligible

53%

SEN

24%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

21%

Contact

Address

Tintagel Road, Orpington, BR5 4LG

Local authority

Bromley

Website

http://www.harrisorpington.org.uk

Telephone

01689819219

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	53%	38%	42.7	Not applicable	47%	242.8	53%	501
2023/24	58%	35%	43.0	+0.15	73%	490.4	74%	556
2022/23	48%	28%	38.2	-0.59	74%	405.6	76%	609
2021/22	63%	43%	43.9	-0.32	61%	499.8	61%	619
2018/19	62%	32%	43.5	-0.05	56%	625.5	69%	878
2017/18	55%	30%	41.4	-0.01	61%	529.0	62%	893
2016/17	63%	35%	49.3	+0.72	67%	—	68%	941

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	27.4	C-	-0.20	11%	58
2023/24	28.3	C-	-0.30	0%	86
2022/23	27.3	C-	—	19%	49
2021/22	24.4	D+	—	Suppressed	13
2018/19	22.6	D+	-0.55	0%	78
2017/18	28.8	C	-0.05	17%	51
2016/17	31.7	C+	+0.22	12%	59

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	501	15.3	24%	16%	53%	8%	21%
2023/24	556	14.0	22%	17%	54%	9%	25%
2022/23	609	16.9	19%	10%	54%	9%	25%
2021/22	619	15.1	21%	9%	52%	10%	27%
2020/21	691	16.2	24%	9%	48%	—	—
2018/19	878	21.8	11%	9%	47%	8%	26%
2017/18	—	17.0	—	—	—	6%	13%
2016/17	941	15.2	15%	7%	45%	7%	18%