Harris Academy Tottenham

Haringey · N17 9LN

General information All-through School · 4-19 years Who goes here 1307 pupils, 36.8% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted: Outstanding

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Harris Academy Tottenham

General Information

Address: Ashley Road, Tottenham, London, N17 9LN – View on map
Phone: 02037724243
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Nick Soar
Age range: 4-19 years
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

1307 pupils out of 1570 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 428
% eligible for free school meals: 36.8%
Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Haringey average)
English as an additional language: 50% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 31.5% a year (Haringey 18.9%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Haringey: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 30 (1.9 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 24 (1.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 13 (0.8 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Haringey, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 7.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 25.2%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 15.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 67 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 59 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 29 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 17 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 31 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 18 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Physical disability: 3 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Outstanding 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11

Attainment 8 score: 52.8
Compared with the area: 3.5 points above the Haringey average (49.3)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (+3.1 points against an expected 49.7)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 73% (Haringey 68%, England 65%) Improving
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolHaringey averageEngland↗ Improving Up 6.3 points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 3.5 points above the Haringey average (49.3).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

5th of 12 all-through schools in Haringey for Attainment 8

#3Highgate Wood Secondary School56.3
#4St Thomas More Catholic School54.1
#5Harris Academy Tottenham52.8
#6Hornsey School for Girls49.7
#7Mulberry Academy Woodside48.4

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1Alexandra Park School61.2
#2Fortismere School58.1
#3Highgate Wood Secondary School56.3
#4St Thomas More Catholic School54.1
#5Harris Academy Tottenham52.8
#6Hornsey School for Girls49.7
#7Mulberry Academy Woodside48.4
#8Heartlands High School45.4
#9Gladesmore Community School43.8
#10Greig City Academy41.6
#11Park View School38.8
#12Duke's Aldridge38.1

Leaver Destinations

In education, employment, or training a year later: 94.0%
Went into further education: 94.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About leaver destinations

This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.

GCSE Subjects Offered

Maths (General)
English Language
Science Double Award
English Literature
Religious Studies
Geography
Spanish
Sociology
History
Computer Science
Art & Design
Sports Studies
Speech & Drama
Latin
Turkish
Music Studies (General)
Portuguese
Statistics
Polish
Chinese
Arabic
Russian
French Language
Food Technology

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

PrimaryYear 6 SATs results

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 89% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 17 percentage points above the Haringey average (72%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 81% against an expected 61%)
3-year average (expected standard): 81%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 93% · Writing 93% · Maths 93% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
Average test scores: reading 106, maths 106
Based on: 28 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolHaringey averageEngland↗ Improving Up 21 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 17 percentage points above the Haringey average (72%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 6th of 50 junior and primary schools in the area

=3Lift Noel Park92%
=3Rhodes Avenue Primary School92%
=6Harris Academy Tottenham89%
=6St Michael's CofE Primary School89%
#8St James Church of England Primary School87%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Lift Trinity98%
#2Eden Primary93%
=3Holy Trinity CofE Primary School92%
=3Lift Noel Park92%
=3Rhodes Avenue Primary School92%
=6Harris Academy Tottenham89%
=6St Michael's CofE Primary School89%
#8St James Church of England Primary School87%
#9Muswell Hill Primary School85%
#10Coldfall Primary School84%
=11Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane83%
=11St Martin of Porres Catholic Primary School83%
#13Our Lady of Muswell Catholic Primary School82%
=14North Harringay Primary School81%
=14Rokesly Junior School81%
=14Stroud Green Primary School81%
=17Highgate Primary School80%
=17St Michael's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School80%
#19South Harringay Junior School78%
#20St John Vianney RC Primary School77%
#21Campsbourne Junior School76%
#22Weston Park Primary School75%
=23Earlham Primary School74%
=23Earlsmead Primary School74%
=23Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park74%
=26Tetherdown Primary School73%
=26The Devonshire Hill Nursery & Primary School73%
#28West Green Primary School71%
=29Chestnuts Primary School70%
=29Coleridge Primary School70%
=29St Paul's Catholic Primary School70%
#32Brook House Primary School69%
#33Belmont Junior School65%
#34Lancasterian Primary School64%
=35Risley Avenue Primary School63%
=35Welbourne Primary School63%
=37Bruce Grove Primary School62%
=37Ferry Lane Primary School62%
=37The Willow Primary School62%
=40South Grove Primary School61%
=40St Mary's CofE Primary School61%
=40St Paul's and All Hallows CofE Junior School61%
=43St Ann's CE Primary School56%
=43The Mulberry Primary School56%
#45Bounds Green Junior School55%
#46St Aidan's Voluntary Controlled Primary School54%
#47Lea Valley Primary School53%
#48Alexandra Primary School50%
#49Crowland Primary School41%
#50Lordship Lane Primary School39%

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2nd of 9 all-through schools in Haringey for Ofsted rating

#1Alexandra Park SchoolOutstanding
#2Harris Academy TottenhamOutstanding
#3St Thomas More Catholic SchoolOutstanding
#4Duke's AldridgeGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Alexandra Park SchoolOutstanding
#2Harris Academy TottenhamOutstanding
#3St Thomas More Catholic SchoolOutstanding
#4Duke's AldridgeGood
#5Fortismere SchoolGood
#6Greig City AcademyGood
#7Hornsey School for GirlsGood
#8Mulberry Academy WoodsideGood
#9Park View SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,761 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

9th of 12 all-through schools in Haringey for spending per pupil

#7Heartlands High School£10,202
#8St Thomas More Catholic School£10,193
#9Harris Academy Tottenham£8,761
#10Fortismere School£8,519
#11Highgate Wood Secondary School£8,454

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Hornsey School for Girls£11,432
#2Park View School£11,265
#3Gladesmore Community School£10,976
#4Greig City Academy£10,642
#5Duke's Aldridge£10,534
#6Mulberry Academy Woodside£10,391
#7Heartlands High School£10,202
#8St Thomas More Catholic School£10,193
#9Harris Academy Tottenham£8,761
#10Fortismere School£8,519
#11Highgate Wood Secondary School£8,454
#12Alexandra Park School£8,172

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Haringey: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

Leaver Destinations ?

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Year 6 SATs ranking

Ofsted Rating ranking

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

Leaver Destinations

GCSE Subjects Offered