Harris Professional Skills Sixth Form

Croydon · SE25 6EJ

General information Secondary School · 16-19 years Who goes here 280 pupils, 0% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Harris Professional Skills Sixth Form

General Information

Address: 11 Oliver Grove, London, SE25 6EJ – View on map
Phone: 02033709238
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Andrew Barr
Age range: 16-19 years
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

280 pupils out of 230 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 0
% eligible for free school meals: 0.0%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Croydon average)
English as an additional language: 17% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 32.7% a year (Croydon 25.2%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 59% moved to another school, 41% 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

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Across Croydon: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 52 (2.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
Suspensions for bullying: 49 (2.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 14 (0.6 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 Croydon, 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: 37.2%
Persistently absent pupils: 100.0%
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: 18.9%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.3%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 17 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

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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Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,073 (2024-25)

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