What is Harris City Academy Crystal Palace's Ofsted rating?

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace received a Outstanding rating from Ofsted following its 2025 inspection.

What do parents say about Harris City Academy Crystal Palace?

Ofsted Parent View (Sept 2025, 103 responses): 72% of parents would recommend Harris City Academy Crystal Palace.

What are Harris City Academy Crystal Palace's latest exam results?

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace: GCSE 2024/25: Attainment 8 52.0. Check the source and academic year shown with each result.

Where is Harris City Academy Crystal Palace located?

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a secondary school in London, Croydon (SE19 2JH).

How many pupils attend Harris City Academy Crystal Palace?

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace has around 1,162 pupils on roll according to the latest school census data.

How can I compare Harris City Academy Crystal Palace with other schools?

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SecondaryData as of May 2026

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace

Maberley Road, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 2JH

Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Non-selective · Mixed

Ofsted

Outstanding

Apr 2025

Historical inspection outcome; read the latest report for the full findings.

Academic picture

52.0school · 46.0 national reference

Attainment 8 · 2024/25. Average GCSE points across eight subjects, not a percentage.

Why is Progress 8 unavailable?

Progress 8 is unavailable nationally for this year because the cohort's KS2 baseline tests were cancelled. This is not a negative judgement on the school.

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Exam Results

Official performance data from the Department for Education

GCSE Results (Secondary)

Key performance measures— 2024/25

Attainment 8

52.0

Progress 8?

N/A

9-7 Grades

25.8%

Basics 9-5

56.4%

Exam attainment

Attainment 8 · GCSE points across eight subjects, not a percentage or a measure of progress.

School · 2024/25

52.0

National · same year

46.0

SchoolNational reference

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Attainment 8 values by academic year
Year	School	National
2022/23	48.3	46.4
2023/24	51.4	46.4
2024/25	52.0	46.0

Learning progress

Progress 8 · Progress compared with pupils who had similar prior attainment. Zero is the national progress baseline.

School · 2024/25

Not available

National · same year

Not available

SchoolNational reference

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Progress 8 values by academic year
Year	School	National
2022/23	-0.10	0.00
2023/24	+0.24	0.00
2024/25	Not available	Not available

Progress 8 is unavailable for 2024/25 because the cohort's KS2 baseline tests were cancelled nationally. Missing values are not zero.

Grades at or above each threshold

These percentages overlap: grades 9–7 are also included in 9–5 and 9–4. Do not add the lines together.

9–7% / 9–5% / 9–4% available from 2023/24; no grade breakdown for 2022/23

EBacc Measures

EBacc Entry

79.1%

EBacc APS

4.77

EBacc 9-5

28.8%

EBacc 9-4

39.9%

How to read Progress 8 vs Attainment 8Two numbers, two different stories. The 6-min explainer for parents.

A-Level Results (Post-16)

Key A-Level performance measures— 2024/25

APS per Entry

32.39

A*-A Grades

16.3%

A*-B Grades

42.0%

AAB+ %

12.5%

APS per Entry

National avgSelective avg

Grade Distribution (%)

A*-A% / A*-B% available from 2023/24; no grade breakdown for 2022/23

Based on 181 students entered

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What parents say and who teaches here

Location & Area

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Nearby secondary schools

Closest alternatives within 15 km.

Harris Academy South Norwood

1.22 km away · Academy sponsor led

Good

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1.25 km away · Academy converter

Hillcrest

1.41 km away · Miscellaneous

Harris Aspire Academy

1.47 km away · Free schools alternative provision

Outstanding

Harris Professional Skills Sixth Form

1.47 km away · Free schools 16 to 19

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