Harris Academy Riverside | School performance

68%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

45%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

47.9

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

67%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

768.7

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,117

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

68%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

45%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

47.9

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

67%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

768.7

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,117

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

68%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

45%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

47.9

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

67%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

768.7

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,117

Pupils · 2024/25

31%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 22/02/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityThurrock

PhaseSecondary with sixth form with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio17.1:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Harris Academy Riverside · Secondary with sixth form · Thurrock

Part ofHARRIS FEDERATION

How does this school perform?

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

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

68%

-4pp

78%73%67%

'22'23'24'25

'25 · 68%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

45%

-6pp

62%54%45%

'22'23'24'25

'25 · 45%

Attainment 8

47.9

-1.7

55.851.847.9

'22'23'24'25

'25 · 47.9

EBacc entry

67%

+11pp

97%77%57%

'22'23'24'25

'25 · 67%

EBacc APS

768.7

-79.0

847.7730.5613.2

'22'23'24'25

'25 · 768.7

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Sixth form

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

A-level APS

36.1

+0.4

36.134.132.1

'22'23'24'25

'25 · 36.1

A-level value added

+0.03

0.00.00.0

'24'25

'25 · 0.0

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

22%

-2pp

29%25%22%

'22'23'24'25

'25 · 22%

Average A-level grade

B-

B-C+C+

'22'23'24'25

'25 · B-

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

1,117

Pupil : teacher ratio

17.1

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

31%

FSM eligible

30%

SEN

13%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

14%

Contact

Address

London Road, Purfleet, RM19 1QY

Local authority

Thurrock

Website

www.harrisriverside.org.uk

Telephone

01375802060

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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	68%	45%	47.9	Not applicable	67%	768.7	68%	1,117
2023/24	71%	51%	49.6	+0.23	56%	847.7	57%	1,078
2022/23	67%	50%	49.3	-0.06	86%	613.2	88%	1,016
2021/22	78%	62%	55.8	+0.37	97%	656.4	97%	951
2018/19	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	294
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	127
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	Not published	New school

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	36.1	B-	+0.03	22%	60
2023/24	35.7	B-	+0.03	24%	77
2022/23	34.7	C+	—	29%	68
2021/22	32.1	C+	—	23%	87
2016/17	Not published	—	Not applicable	Not published	Not published

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	1,117	17.1	13%	31%	30%	6%	14%
2023/24	1,078	18.8	13%	27%	29%	6%	13%
2022/23	1,016	20.1	13%	25%	30%	8%	21%
2021/22	951	19.0	11%	25%	29%	6%	16%
2020/21	768	21.9	11%	26%	23%	—	—
2018/19	294	42.0	9%	34%	27%	3%	8%
2017/18	—	—	—	—	—	3%	8%