Academy sponsor led

Harris Academy Bermondsey

Girls · ages 11–18 · with sixth formSouthwark, London · London SE16 3TZTrust: Harris FederationSchool website
Pupils on roll
781of 1,150 places
Free school meals
52.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
155
Ofsted
Inspected, 4 February 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Aylwin Girls' School (URN 100842).

What the data says

Of the 160 pupils who finished Year 11 at Harris Academy Bermondsey in 2023, 54% stayed on in Harris Academy Bermondsey’s own sixth form (Southwark average 58%), 27% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 41 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 68% went to university (Southwark 65%, England 37%), and 28% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 54.6 against 46.1 across England and 52.1 in Southwark, with 57% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 97% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Southwark and England.

Harris Academy Bermondsey
Southwark
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureHarris Academy BermondseySouthwarkEngland
Pupils in the cohort1603,117607,348
Any sustained destination96%94%92%
Stayed in education94%92%86%
— school sixth form54%58%34%
— sixth form college13%10%13%
— further education college27%21%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship1%1%3%
Employment1%1%3%
No sustained destination3%4%6%
Destination unknown1%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

Harris Academy Bermondsey
Southwark
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureHarris Academy BermondseySouthwarkEngland
Students in the cohort411,527541,441
Any sustained destination85%87%79%
University (higher education)68%65%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students28%33%19%
Further education0%3%5%
Apprenticeship5%4%7%
Employment7%14%28%
No sustained destination10%9%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureHarris Academy BermondseySouthwarkEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)54.652.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths57%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%73%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects95%67%41%
EBacc average point score5.324.824.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort51%45%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils49.944.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils59.458.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language46%33%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language15399%89%27%20%81%
Combined Science15298%65%29%9%76%
Mathematics15298%88%26%22%76%
Religious Studies15197%31%32%32%79%
English Literature15197%86%47%21%85%
History7850%41%23%26%64%
French7750%18%43%29%75%
Spanish7246%19%26%27%68%
Geography7146%41%45%25%80%
Art and Design3019%7%37%24%100%
Citizenship Studies2617%3%19%19%73%
Business Studies2516%18%36%20%84%
Computer Science2415%13%13%30%54%
Drama1812%7%11%27%72%
Music1610%5%31%33%75%
Food Preparation and Nutrition128%8%0%21%50%
Chinese53%1%75%
Arabic53%1%47%
Turkish32%0%71%
Polish32%1%84%
Portuguese32%0%50%
Persian11%0%77%
Russian11%0%87%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureHarris Academy BermondseySouthwarkEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study134
— of whom A level students591,360261,341
Average A level gradeCBB-
Average points per A level entry30.6638.7935.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsCBB-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects8%21%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Psychology2136%23%
Biology1932%20%
Chemistry1525%17%
Spanish1424%2%
Sociology1220%13%
History1017%13%
Mathematics915%31%
Geography814%10%
English Language712%4%
French712%1%
Art and Design1%
Drama2%
Economics13%
English Literature11%
Music Technology0%
Physics12%
Religious Studies4%
Russian0%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)1831%
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Diploma at Level 31119%
Health StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 31017%
ChemistryGCE AS level (All)
ChemistryGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Business StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 3

Other secondary schools in Southwark

Ark All Saints Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 568 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2

Ark Globe Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils

87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4

Ark Walworth Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 973 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3

Bacon's College

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,025 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.