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Academy sponsor led · Croydon

Harris Academy South Norwood

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,008Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135249URN

Cumberlow Avenue, London, SE25 6AE · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Harris Academy Beulah Hill.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
close to Croydon median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Croydon

369 applications for 138 places · 14th of 22 in Croydon
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.4of 90
15th of 23 in Croydon
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 11 May 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
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
2.7applications per place, Year 7
close to Croydon median (2.8) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

369 applications · 138 places offered · 78 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.7; Croydon median median 2.8
  2. 2025 2.6; Croydon median median 2.9
  3. 2024 2.6; Croydon median median 2.9
  4. 2023 1.9; Croydon median median 2.8
  5. 2022 2.0; Croydon median median 2.7
  6. 2021 1.9; Croydon median median 2.8
  7. 2020 1.9; Croydon median median 2.5
  8. 2019 2.0; Croydon median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.3; Croydon median median 2.4
  10. 2017 2.6; Croydon median median 3.0
  11. 2016 2.6; Croydon median median 2.7
  12. 2015 2.9; Croydon median median 3.0
  13. 2014 5.5; Croydon median median 3.7
More applications per place than the Croydon median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Croydon 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 20261383692.7780.57
Sep 20251473872.6940.64
Sep 20241714442.6970.57
Sep 20233496441.91790.51
Sep 20223547122.01670.47
Sep 20213696861.91410.38
Sep 20203747101.91620.43
Sep 20193757492.01540.41
Sep 20183798592.31760.46
Sep 20173078012.61440.47
Sep 20163729492.61720.46
Sep 20153531,0142.91920.54
Sep 20142001,0925.51980.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

173 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.415th of 23 in Croydon
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%17th of 23 in Croydon
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%
  • This school
  • Croydon median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.45
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17345.439%60%–
2024/2516148.244%60%–
2023/2420248.140%62%+0.45
2022/2333444.435%55%+0.03

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
135249 · 306/6905
Trust
Harris Federation
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,150 pupils · 1,008 on roll
Free school meals
41.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2007
Address
Cumberlow Avenue, London, SE25 6AE
Local authority
Croydon

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