Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
About the school
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is an open secondary school in Croydon.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 1 April 2025
- Published
- 19 June 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Outstanding
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 52.3
- Croydon
- 44.5
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Croydon
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 57.10%
- Croydon
- 42.40%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 74.80%
- Croydon
- 61.70%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 79.10%
- Croydon
- 51.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.8
- Croydon
- 3.99
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C+
Average A-level points
- School
- 32.39
AAB or better
- School
- 12.50%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1162
Girls
39.07%
Boys
60.93%
SEN support
8.52%
Education, health and care plan
1.98%
English as an additional language
32.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
41.09%
Overall absence
5.63
Persistent absence
14.11
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
177
Sustained education or employment
93%
Education
92%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
5%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
201
Sustained education or employment
88%
Higher education
61%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
21%