Harris Academy Purley
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · South Croydon, Croydon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Croydon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harris Academy Purley is a secondary school in South Croydon, Croydon for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 February 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Harris Academy Purley 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 109 first-choice applications for 178 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the 7th lowest of 23 Croydon secondary schools.
- In 2026, 104 Year 7 offers went to first-choice families, 5 first-choice families were not offered a place, and 74 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25: 51% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th 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
- Kendra Hall Road, South Croydon, CR2 6DT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 1,013 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Harris Academy Purley belong to a diverse and inclusive school.”
- “They show respect to each other and to staff.”
- “Leaders have high aspirations for pupils.”
To improve
- “However, some other teachers do not give pupils enough time to apply new learning.”
- “They move on to the next stage of learning too quickly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (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) | 51% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.8 | 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: 109 first-preference applications, 178 offers in total, 104 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.
- Thomas More Catholic School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Coombe Wood School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harris Invictus Academy Croydon 1.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic High School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Riddlesdown Collegiate 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woodcote High School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ark Blake Academy 2.2 mi Good Last distance published