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Harris Academy Merton

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,371Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 131897URN

Wide Way, Mitcham, CR4 1BP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.3 below Merton median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Merton

600 applications for 236 places · 7th of 9 in Merton
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
54.4of 90
6th of 9 in Merton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 13 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.5applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Merton median (2.8) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

600 applications · 236 places offered · 220 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Merton median median 2.8
  2. 2025 2.8; Merton median median 2.9
  3. 2024 2.7; Merton median median 2.8
  4. 2023 2.7; Merton median median 2.8
  5. 2022 2.7; Merton median median 2.9
  6. 2021 2.8; Merton median median 3.0
  7. 2020 2.8; Merton median median 3.0
  8. 2019 2.7; Merton median median 3.3
  9. 2018 3.2; Merton median median 3.3
  10. 2017 3.2; Merton median median 3.1
  11. 2016 3.5; Merton median median 3.1
  12. 2015 4.7; Merton median median 2.7
  13. 2014 4.3; Merton median median 2.9
  • This school
  • Merton median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262366002.52200.93
Sep 20252396582.82030.85
Sep 20242396422.72160.90
Sep 20232366372.71970.83
Sep 20222366312.71940.82
Sep 20212366542.81950.83
Sep 20202376612.81860.78
Sep 20192336182.72030.87
Sep 20182337513.22030.87
Sep 20172397753.22240.94
Sep 20162087343.52161.04
Sep 20151778314.72491.41
Sep 20141777554.32271.28

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

223 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)54.46th of 9 in Merton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths53%6th of 9 in Merton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths74%
  • This school
  • Merton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.67
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22354.453%74%–
2024/2520053.759%73%–
2023/2421952.758%73%+0.67
2022/2323049.945%66%+0.37

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
131897 · 315/6905
Trust
Harris Federation
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,500 pupils · 1,371 on roll
Free school meals
38.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2006
Replaced
Tamworth Manor High School (URN 102678)
Address
Wide Way, Mitcham, CR4 1BP
Local authority
Merton

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources