Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · London, Croydon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Croydon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a secondary school in London, Croydon for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 177 first-choice applications for 210 offers; 112 offers went to first-choice families, and 65 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 366 of the 938 applications (39%) came from families living outside Croydon, and 76 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 52.3 (England 46).
- The 2024/25 GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above result was the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Croydon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Croydon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Maberley Road, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 2JH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 1,191 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Harris City Academy Crystal Palace gives pupils and students an education that is second to none.”
- “As pupils say, the opportunities for learning are ‘endless’.”
- “The ambitious curriculum and the impressive array of trips and activities prepare pupils for the next stage of their lives extremely well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 57% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 177 first-preference applications, 210 offers in total, 112 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Croydon.
- Harris Academy South Norwood 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Harris Academy Beulah Hill 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Arena 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's College 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Norbury High School for Girls 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ark Blake Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic High School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published