What did Ofsted judge Harris Girls Academy Bromley's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Harris Girls Academy Bromley's overall effectiveness as Outstanding at its inspection in November 2017 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in March 2024 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Harris Girls Academy Bromley?

Harris Girls Academy Bromley has 1,117 pupils on roll.

What ages does Harris Girls Academy Bromley take?

Harris Girls Academy Bromley admits pupils aged 11 to 18.

Where is Harris Girls Academy Bromley located?

Harris Girls Academy Bromley is located in Beckenham, BR3 1QR, Bromley.

How do I apply to Harris Girls Academy Bromley?

Harris Girls Academy Bromley is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

How are Year 7 places decided at Harris Girls Academy Bromley?

When Harris Girls Academy Bromley has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — A 'looked after child' is one who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions, in England. A 'previously looked after child' is one who was looked after in England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements or special guardianship order, as well as a child who appears to the Admission Committee to have been in state care outside of England... but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted; 2. Children with a sibling at the Academy in years 7 to 11 — For inclusion in this category, the sibling must attend the Academy in Years 7 to 11 at the time of application/the application closing date and at the time the applicant child is admitted. Sibling defined as full, half, adopted, long-term foster, step sibling or child of parent's cohabiting partner, living at the same home address as part of the same core family unit; 3. Children attending Harris Primary Academy Kent House — Under this category, the child must be attending Harris Primary Academy Kent House at the time of application/the application deadline. Parents must confirm attendance at the named feeder school in the application form, and 2 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Where there are more applications than places available within any band or oversubscription category, the order in which places are allocated will be determined by random allocation supervised by someone who is independent of the Academy. Places are not allocated by reference to distance, except where priority is given to those living within 1 mile as set out above.

What is the largest ethnic background at Harris Girls Academy Bromley?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 18.9% of pupils at Harris Girls Academy Bromley are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Harris Girls Academy Bromley: Ofsted, Results & Catchment

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Distance depends on the band here

Harris Girls Academy Bromley admits by banding: applicants are placed into bands and each band is filled separately, so there is no single last-offer distance. Each band has its own, and which one applies depends on your child's assessment — so one number could not answer this for every child.

How the bands work: The Academy uses 'banding' in the allocation of places in Year 7 in the normal admission round in September. All children take a non-verbal reasoning test standardised against the national distribution of abilities, and are placed into one of nine bands ranging from highest to lowest ability. The number of places allocated to each band is determined by the national distribution of abilities, applying national percentages in each band to the number of places available within the PAN. Once children have been placed in their applicable band, places are allocated within each band by applying the oversubscription criteria, using the tie breaker where necessary. Where places remain in a band, they are allocated to children in adjacent bands, starting with the lower ability band first and then alternating between lower and upper.

Your local authority’s admissions booklet publishes the cut-off for each band. The full ranked criteria are on the Admissions tab.

How places were offered at Harris Girls Academy Bromley, year by year →

How places are decided at Harris Girls Academy Bromley

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after and previously looked after children — A 'looked after child' is one who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions, in England. A 'previously looked after child' is one who was looked after in England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements or special guardianship order, as well as a child who appears to the Admission Committee to have been in state care outside of England... but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted.
2Children with a sibling at the Academy in years 7 to 11 — For inclusion in this category, the sibling must attend the Academy in Years 7 to 11 at the time of application/the application closing date and at the time the applicant child is admitted. Sibling defined as full, half, adopted, long-term foster, step sibling or child of parent's cohabiting partner, living at the same home address as part of the same core family unit.
3Children attending Harris Primary Academy Kent House — Under this category, the child must be attending Harris Primary Academy Kent House at the time of application/the application deadline. Parents must confirm attendance at the named feeder school in the application form.
4Children living within the Academy's defined catchment area — Up to 50% (rounded up to the nearest whole number) of remaining places will be allocated in this category to children whose home address is situated in the Academy's defined catchment area in accordance with the HGABR Catchment Area Map... determined by reference to a 1 mile radius from the main Academy entrance gate on Lennard Road.
5Children living outside the Academy's defined catchment area — All remaining places will be allocated in this category to children living outside the Academy's defined catchment area as described above, together with any children who did not achieve a place in the category immediately above.

If two applications tie: Where there are more applications than places available within any band or oversubscription category, the order in which places are allocated will be determined by random allocation supervised by someone who is independent of the Academy. Places are not allocated by reference to distance, except where priority is given to those living within 1 mile as set out above.

Children with an EHC plan naming the Academy are admitted before all other children, reducing the number of places left within the PAN, per para 4.2 (not a numbered oversubscription criterion).

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Harris Girls Academy Bromley: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Harris Girls Academy Bromley's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Harris Girls Academy Bromley's overall effectiveness as Outstanding at its inspection in November 2017 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in March 2024 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Harris Girls Academy Bromley?: Harris Girls Academy Bromley has 1,117 pupils on roll.
What ages does Harris Girls Academy Bromley take?: Harris Girls Academy Bromley admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Where is Harris Girls Academy Bromley located?: Harris Girls Academy Bromley is located in Beckenham, BR3 1QR, Bromley.
How do I apply to Harris Girls Academy Bromley?: Harris Girls Academy Bromley is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at Harris Girls Academy Bromley?: When Harris Girls Academy Bromley has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — A 'looked after child' is one who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions, in England. A 'previously looked after child' is one who was looked after in England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements or special guardianship order, as well as a child who appears to the Admission Committee to have been in state care outside of England... but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted; 2. Children with a sibling at the Academy in years 7 to 11 — For inclusion in this category, the sibling must attend the Academy in Years 7 to 11 at the time of application/the application closing date and at the time the applicant child is admitted. Sibling defined as full, half, adopted, long-term foster, step sibling or child of parent's cohabiting partner, living at the same home address as part of the same core family unit; 3. Children attending Harris Primary Academy Kent House — Under this category, the child must be attending Harris Primary Academy Kent House at the time of application/the application deadline. Parents must confirm attendance at the named feeder school in the application form, and 2 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Where there are more applications than places available within any band or oversubscription category, the order in which places are allocated will be determined by random allocation supervised by someone who is independent of the Academy. Places are not allocated by reference to distance, except where priority is given to those living within 1 mile as set out above.
What is the largest ethnic background at Harris Girls Academy Bromley?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 18.9% of pupils at Harris Girls Academy Bromley are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places were offered at Harris Girls Academy Bromley, year by year →

How places are decided at Harris Girls Academy Bromley

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after and previously looked after children — A 'looked after child' is one who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions, in England. A 'previously looked after child' is one who was looked after in England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements or special guardianship order, as well as a child who appears to the Admission Committee to have been in state care outside of England... but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted.
2Children with a sibling at the Academy in years 7 to 11 — For inclusion in this category, the sibling must attend the Academy in Years 7 to 11 at the time of application/the application closing date and at the time the applicant child is admitted. Sibling defined as full, half, adopted, long-term foster, step sibling or child of parent's cohabiting partner, living at the same home address as part of the same core family unit.
3Children attending Harris Primary Academy Kent House — Under this category, the child must be attending Harris Primary Academy Kent House at the time of application/the application deadline. Parents must confirm attendance at the named feeder school in the application form.
4Children living within the Academy's defined catchment area — Up to 50% (rounded up to the nearest whole number) of remaining places will be allocated in this category to children whose home address is situated in the Academy's defined catchment area in accordance with the HGABR Catchment Area Map... determined by reference to a 1 mile radius from the main Academy entrance gate on Lennard Road.
5Children living outside the Academy's defined catchment area — All remaining places will be allocated in this category to children living outside the Academy's defined catchment area as described above, together with any children who did not achieve a place in the category immediately above.

Children with an EHC plan naming the Academy are admitted before all other children, reducing the number of places left within the PAN, per para 4.2 (not a numbered oversubscription criterion).

Harris Girls Academy Bromley: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Harris Girls Academy Bromley's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Harris Girls Academy Bromley's overall effectiveness as Outstanding at its inspection in November 2017 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in March 2024 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Harris Girls Academy Bromley?: Harris Girls Academy Bromley has 1,117 pupils on roll.
What ages does Harris Girls Academy Bromley take?: Harris Girls Academy Bromley admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Where is Harris Girls Academy Bromley located?: Harris Girls Academy Bromley is located in Beckenham, BR3 1QR, Bromley.
How do I apply to Harris Girls Academy Bromley?: Harris Girls Academy Bromley is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at Harris Girls Academy Bromley?: When Harris Girls Academy Bromley has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — A 'looked after child' is one who is (a) in the care of a Local Authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions, in England. A 'previously looked after child' is one who was looked after in England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements or special guardianship order, as well as a child who appears to the Admission Committee to have been in state care outside of England... but ceased to be so as a result of being adopted; 2. Children with a sibling at the Academy in years 7 to 11 — For inclusion in this category, the sibling must attend the Academy in Years 7 to 11 at the time of application/the application closing date and at the time the applicant child is admitted. Sibling defined as full, half, adopted, long-term foster, step sibling or child of parent's cohabiting partner, living at the same home address as part of the same core family unit; 3. Children attending Harris Primary Academy Kent House — Under this category, the child must be attending Harris Primary Academy Kent House at the time of application/the application deadline. Parents must confirm attendance at the named feeder school in the application form, and 2 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Where there are more applications than places available within any band or oversubscription category, the order in which places are allocated will be determined by random allocation supervised by someone who is independent of the Academy. Places are not allocated by reference to distance, except where priority is given to those living within 1 mile as set out above.
What is the largest ethnic background at Harris Girls Academy Bromley?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 18.9% of pupils at Harris Girls Academy Bromley are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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