Harris Primary Academy Purley Way | School performance

79%

RWM expected · 2024/25

15%

RWM higher · 2024/25

547

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

79%

RWM expected · 2024/25

15%

RWM higher · 2024/25

547

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

79%

RWM expected · 2024/25

15%

RWM higher · 2024/25

547

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 09/07/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityCroydon

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio23.2:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Harris Primary Academy Purley Way · Primary · Croydon

Part ofHARRIS FEDERATION

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

79%

-2pp

81%80%79%

'23'24'25

'25 · 79%

RWM higher standard

15%

-4pp

19%17%15%

'23'24'25

'25 · 15%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

80%

Reading higher standard

36%

Writing expected standard

82%

Writing higher standard

31%

Maths expected standard

80%

Maths higher standard

26%

Science expected standard

93%

SPAG expected standard

77%

SPAG higher standard

26%

Reading scaled score

106.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

105.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

547

Pupil : teacher ratio

23.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

33%

FSM eligible

37%

SEN

11%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

47 Propeller Crescent, Croydon, CR0 4FE

Local authority

Croydon

Website

www.harrisprimarypurleyway.org.uk

Telephone

02038721970

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	79%	15%	80%	36%	82%	31%	80%	26%	93%	77%	106.0	105.0	105.0	—	—	—	11%	547
2023/24	81%	19%	87%	26%	81%	32%	94%	48%	100%	74%	106.0	108.0	106.0	—	—	—	13%	487
2022/23	81%	16%	81%	32%	87%	29%	87%	39%	81%	81%	107.0	107.0	109.0	+0.40	+2.10	+1.30	10%	438
2018/19	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	9%	107
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	10%	60
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	0%	27

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	547	24.9	11%	33%	37%	5%	11%
2023/24	487	23.9	13%	33%	36%	5%	15%
2022/23	438	24.1	10%	31%	37%	6%	17%
2021/22	349	21.8	13%	30%	38%	6%	17%
2020/21	256	30.5	14%	32%	38%	—	—
2018/19	107	—	9%	38%	43%	4%	—
2017/18	60	29.8	10%	50%	38%	4%	—
2016/17	27	27.0	0%	—	63%	—	—