Exam Results and Ofsted - Harris Academy Orpington
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Exam Results and Ofsted - Harris Academy Orpington
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10/03/26
This week HAO is celebrating Science Week, with this years theme ‘Curiosity - what’s you Question?’
Here are some of our staffs curious questions.
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On its way to becoming a yearly event, HAO students are once again taking part in the Mini London Marathon for schools, creating our own mini marathon in the last 2 weeks for the spring term.
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02/03/26
The new spring/summer term sports clubs go live this week. Make sure you sign up and bring the right kit to participate.
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16/02/26
As its half term, we didn’t want our students missing out on such a celebration, so incorporated it into our week. Thank you to
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16/02/26
The catering team at HAO created an amazing range of foods for lunch last week to celebrate the Lunar New Year, which is tomorrow.
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12/02/26
🎓 Happy National School Governors’ Awareness Day!
A huge thank you to all our dedicated school governors who give their time, expertise, and passion to support our schools and help every pupil thrive. Your commitment makes a real difference every day.
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30/01/26
Event Reminder - Year 8 Parents Evening is next week. Students will have appointment sheets to book in the meetings. We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday.
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23/01/26
HAO is launching its attendance challenge from Monday. What is the prize I hear you ask... the most improved year group will have a pizza party on the last day of this half term.
Last time, Y10 were the winners. Lets see who comes out on top this time.
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16/01/26
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05/01/26
Event Reminder - Year 11 Parents Evening is this week. Students have already had their appointment sheets. We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday.
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15/12/25
Finally, a reminder: The last day of this term is 19/12/2025, and the Academy will close to all students at 12.45pm. Students will be allowed to wear their own clothes, including Christmas jumpers, and we ask all to bring a £1 donation that will go to our local charity.
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15/12/25
Whilst Y11 resume career discussions to support them in planning their future pathways. Additionally, they will have the opportunity to take part in their first HAO Sixth Form taster day - an exciting chance to experience what life could be like with us after GCSEs.
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15/12/25
End of Term Highlights - As we approach the final week of term, our focus is on exploring the next steps for not only our students, but those that could join us next year. Banding day was a success as we welcomed prospective students and their parents - with a mop up this week.
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03/12/25
LBB's upcoming winter HAF programme will run again from 22nd December to 31 December 2025
The programme offers free holiday club places, including activities and healthy meals for families with children 5-16 years old who get FSM. Book directly: shorturl.at/uluNm
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27/11/25
Well done to our Year 8 and Year 9 football teams, who both won their tense and entertaining matches, by 1 goal. Both our goalkeepers saving last minute penalties to hold out for the win! Great effort by all!
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24/11/25
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19/11/25
Well done to the Year 10 football team on their 7-2 win on Monday night in the Bromley League. Two wins from two, making it a successful campaign so far.
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Exam Results and Ofsted
Ofsted - May 2023
We are pleased to share the outcome of our recent Ofsted inspection. Having looked carefully at all aspects of Harris Academy Orpington,
the inspectors have upgraded our rating to Good with two areas (Personal Development and Sixth Form Provision) judged Outstanding.
This is a very positive judgement and reflects the huge amount of progress underway at the school.
Inspectors were impressed with a number of areas of our school particularly the breadth of our curriculum and extracurricular programme, our focus on reading and student behaviour. We were very proud of the way our students conducted themselves during the visit and how courteous and polite they were to the inspectors.
Your can read the full report
here
.
Below are some highlights:
Harris Academy Orpington: Ofsted 2023
On our High Expectations:
· Leaders have established a culture that embodies the school’s motto, ‘Together we can’.
· Leaders have high expectations of what pupils can achieve.
On our Well-Designed Curriculum:
·
Leaders have constructed a curriculum that is ambitious for all.
· Teachers have strong subject knowledge and present information clearly.
· Leaders place a high priority on reading.
On our Welcoming, Inclusive, and Safe Community:
· Pupils are safe, happy and well cared for by staff.
· Pupils develop a strong sense of community.
· Staff know pupils extremely well and as a result they are safe and happy.
· Leaders encourage pupils to respect people from different backgrounds and to challenge stereotypes.
· Leaders have developed an extremely strong culture of safeguarding in the school.
On our Students’ Personal Development:
· Leaders have developed an exceptionally high-quality personal development programme, including in the sixth form.
On our Broad Extra-Curricular Programme:
· Pupils have access to an exceptionally large range of wider opportunities which most pupils take part in.
On our Outstanding Sixth Form:
· In the sixth form, leaders provide students with excellent academic and pastoral support.
· Teachers ensure students in sixth form develop their knowledge and understanding very well.
· In sixth form, students produce work of a consistently high quality.
· Teachers support students in the sixth form extremely well to make choices about their future education and employment.
· Leaders make sure that students receive personal mentoring to help with applications to university courses.
Exam Results
In
2024
we achieved a Progress 8 score of +0.15. Our key performance statistics for 2023-4 are:
Progress 8:
+0.15
Attainment 8 score: 42.65%
Basics: 58% (4+) and 35% (5+)
Entering EBacc – 73%
Achieving EBacc was 38% (4+) and 17% (5+)
In
2023
we achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.5. Our key performance statistics for 2022-3 are:
Progress 8: -0.58
Attainment 8 score: 38.08
% Basics: 48% (4+) and 27% (5+)
Entering EBacc – 73.7%
Achieving EBacc was 25% (4+) and 14% (5+)
In
2022
we achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.32. Our key performance statistics for 2021-2 are:
Progress 8: -0.32
Attainment 8 score: 43.9
% Basics: 63% (4+) and 43% (5+)
Entering EBacc – 61%
Achieving EBacc was 42% (4+) and 25% (5+)
As a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, we are not required to publish exam and assessment results from the 2019-20 academic year.
In
2019
we achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.06, which puts us in line with national averages. Our key performance statistics for 2018-19 are:
Progress 8: -0.06
Attainment 8 score: 43.3
% Basics: 61% (4+) and 32% (5+)
Entering EBacc – 57%
Achieving EBacc was 28% (4+) and 15% (5+)
In
2018
we achieved a Progress 8 score of 0, which puts us in line with national averages. Our other key performance statistics for 2017-18 are:
Progress 8: 0.0
Attainment 8 score: 41.2
% Basics: 56% (4+) and 30% (5+)
Entering EBacc: 61%
Achieving EBacc: 21% (4+) and 15% (5+)
Sixth Form results
For
2024
,
Sixth Form results:
A-Level APE was 28.4 (C)
Applied General APE was 28.5 (Merit+)
A-Level VA was tbc
Resit English was tbc
Resit Maths was tbc
For
2023
, Sixth Form results:
A-Level APE was 27.1 (C-)
Applied General APE was 24.7 (Merit-)
A-Level VA was tbc
Resit English was tbc
Resit Maths was tbc
For
2022
, Sixth Form results were in line with national averages:
A-Level APE was 24.44 (D+)
Applied General APE was 28.3 (Merit+)
A-Level VA was tbc
Applied APE was 20.0 (Pass+)
Resit English was tbc
Resit Maths was tbc
For
2019
, Sixth Form results were in line with national averages:
A-Level APE was 22.62 (C+)
A-Level VA was -0.6
Applied APE was 20.14 (Merit+)
Applied General APE was -0.2
Resit English was +-.6
Resit Maths was +0.4
For
2018
, Sixth Form results were in line with national averages:
A-Level: +0.00
Average result: C - (27.0)
Applied General: -0.2
Average result: Merit (24.2)
English and Maths progress was: +0.3 (English) and +0.60 (Maths)
Visit our academy’s
Department for Education performance web page
for full details of our performance, and click here for the
School and College Performance data table
for all schools in the Local Authority.
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13/03/26
This week HAO proudly took part in National Science Week, embracing this year’s inspiring theme: “Curiosity – What’s Your Question?”
We believe every great idea begins with a question.
So we ask our whole community: What’s your question?
@HarrisFed
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10/03/26
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10/03/26
World Book Day took place last week, but as part of the fun activities throughout the week, students produced some great work. Below are a few examples from some of our talented students.
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10/03/26
This week HAO is celebrating Science Week, with this years theme ‘Curiosity - what’s you Question?’
Here are some of our staffs curious questions.
follow us
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06/03/26
On its way to becoming a yearly event, HAO students are once again taking part in the Mini London Marathon for schools, creating our own mini marathon in the last 2 weeks for the spring term.
#WeRunTogether
follow us
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02/03/26
The new spring/summer term sports clubs go live this week. Make sure you sign up and bring the right kit to participate.
follow us
@haorpington
16/02/26
As its half term, we didn’t want our students missing out on such a celebration, so incorporated it into our week. Thank you to
@SchoolCatering
@HarrisFed
#LunarNewYear
follow us
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16/02/26
The catering team at HAO created an amazing range of foods for lunch last week to celebrate the Lunar New Year, which is tomorrow.
follow us
@haorpington
12/02/26
🎓 Happy National School Governors’ Awareness Day!
A huge thank you to all our dedicated school governors who give their time, expertise, and passion to support our schools and help every pupil thrive. Your commitment makes a real difference every day.
#NSGAD
#SchoolGovernors
follow us
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30/01/26
Event Reminder - Year 8 Parents Evening is next week. Students will have appointment sheets to book in the meetings. We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday.
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23/01/26
HAO is launching its attendance challenge from Monday. What is the prize I hear you ask... the most improved year group will have a pizza party on the last day of this half term.
Last time, Y10 were the winners. Lets see who comes out on top this time.
follow us
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16/01/26
What are you reading currently? Check out our recommendations.
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05/01/26
Event Reminder - Year 11 Parents Evening is this week. Students have already had their appointment sheets. We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday.
follow us
@haorpington
15/12/25
Finally, a reminder: The last day of this term is 19/12/2025, and the Academy will close to all students at 12.45pm. Students will be allowed to wear their own clothes, including Christmas jumpers, and we ask all to bring a £1 donation that will go to our local charity.
follow us
@haorpington
15/12/25
Whilst Y11 resume career discussions to support them in planning their future pathways. Additionally, they will have the opportunity to take part in their first HAO Sixth Form taster day - an exciting chance to experience what life could be like with us after GCSEs.
follow us
@haorpington
15/12/25
End of Term Highlights - As we approach the final week of term, our focus is on exploring the next steps for not only our students, but those that could join us next year. Banding day was a success as we welcomed prospective students and their parents - with a mop up this week.
follow us
@haorpington
03/12/25
LBB's upcoming winter HAF programme will run again from 22nd December to 31 December 2025
The programme offers free holiday club places, including activities and healthy meals for families with children 5-16 years old who get FSM. Book directly: shorturl.at/uluNm
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27/11/25
Well done to our Year 8 and Year 9 football teams, who both won their tense and entertaining matches, by 1 goal. Both our goalkeepers saving last minute penalties to hold out for the win! Great effort by all!
@HarrisFed
follow us
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24/11/25
What a week at HAO last week! From advocacy and community engagement, assessments galore, to student achievements and a little theatre magic – here’s what we’ve been up to in images 👇
#Education
#Advocacy
#HAO
@HarrisFed
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19/11/25
Well done to the Year 10 football team on their 7-2 win on Monday night in the Bromley League. Two wins from two, making it a successful campaign so far.
@HarrisFed
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Exam Results and Ofsted
Exam Results and Ofsted
Ofsted - May 2023
We are pleased to share the outcome of our recent Ofsted inspection. Having looked carefully at all aspects of Harris Academy Orpington,
the inspectors have upgraded our rating to Good with two areas (Personal Development and Sixth Form Provision) judged Outstanding.
This is a very positive judgement and reflects the huge amount of progress underway at the school.
Inspectors were impressed with a number of areas of our school particularly the breadth of our curriculum and extracurricular programme, our focus on reading and student behaviour. We were very proud of the way our students conducted themselves during the visit and how courteous and polite they were to the inspectors.
Your can read the full report
here
.
Below are some highlights:
Harris Academy Orpington: Ofsted 2023
On our High Expectations:
· Leaders have established a culture that embodies the school’s motto, ‘Together we can’.
· Leaders have high expectations of what pupils can achieve.
On our Well-Designed Curriculum:
·
Leaders have constructed a curriculum that is ambitious for all.
· Teachers have strong subject knowledge and present information clearly.
· Leaders place a high priority on reading.
On our Welcoming, Inclusive, and Safe Community:
· Pupils are safe, happy and well cared for by staff.
· Pupils develop a strong sense of community.
· Staff know pupils extremely well and as a result they are safe and happy.
· Leaders encourage pupils to respect people from different backgrounds and to challenge stereotypes.
· Leaders have developed an extremely strong culture of safeguarding in the school.
On our Students’ Personal Development:
· Leaders have developed an exceptionally high-quality personal development programme, including in the sixth form.
On our Broad Extra-Curricular Programme:
· Pupils have access to an exceptionally large range of wider opportunities which most pupils take part in.
On our Outstanding Sixth Form:
· In the sixth form, leaders provide students with excellent academic and pastoral support.
· Teachers ensure students in sixth form develop their knowledge and understanding very well.
· In sixth form, students produce work of a consistently high quality.
· Teachers support students in the sixth form extremely well to make choices about their future education and employment.
· Leaders make sure that students receive personal mentoring to help with applications to university courses.
Exam Results
In
2024
we achieved a Progress 8 score of +0.15. Our key performance statistics for 2023-4 are:
Progress 8:
+0.15
Attainment 8 score: 42.65%
Basics: 58% (4+) and 35% (5+)
Entering EBacc – 73%
Achieving EBacc was 38% (4+) and 17% (5+)
In
2023
we achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.5. Our key performance statistics for 2022-3 are:
Progress 8: -0.58
Attainment 8 score: 38.08
% Basics: 48% (4+) and 27% (5+)
Entering EBacc – 73.7%
Achieving EBacc was 25% (4+) and 14% (5+)
In
2022
we achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.32. Our key performance statistics for 2021-2 are:
Progress 8: -0.32
Attainment 8 score: 43.9
% Basics: 63% (4+) and 43% (5+)
Entering EBacc – 61%
Achieving EBacc was 42% (4+) and 25% (5+)
As a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, we are not required to publish exam and assessment results from the 2019-20 academic year.
In
2019
we achieved a Progress 8 score of -0.06, which puts us in line with national averages. Our key performance statistics for 2018-19 are:
Progress 8: -0.06
Attainment 8 score: 43.3
% Basics: 61% (4+) and 32% (5+)
Entering EBacc – 57%
Achieving EBacc was 28% (4+) and 15% (5+)
In
2018
we achieved a Progress 8 score of 0, which puts us in line with national averages. Our other key performance statistics for 2017-18 are:
Progress 8: 0.0
Attainment 8 score: 41.2
% Basics: 56% (4+) and 30% (5+)
Entering EBacc: 61%
Achieving EBacc: 21% (4+) and 15% (5+)
Sixth Form results
For
2024
,
Sixth Form results:
A-Level APE was 28.4 (C)
Applied General APE was 28.5 (Merit+)
A-Level VA was tbc
Resit English was tbc
Resit Maths was tbc
For
2023
, Sixth Form results:
A-Level APE was 27.1 (C-)
Applied General APE was 24.7 (Merit-)
A-Level VA was tbc
Resit English was tbc
Resit Maths was tbc
For
2022
, Sixth Form results were in line with national averages:
A-Level APE was 24.44 (D+)
Applied General APE was 28.3 (Merit+)
A-Level VA was tbc
Applied APE was 20.0 (Pass+)
Resit English was tbc
Resit Maths was tbc
For
2019
, Sixth Form results were in line with national averages:
A-Level APE was 22.62 (C+)
A-Level VA was -0.6
Applied APE was 20.14 (Merit+)
Applied General APE was -0.2
Resit English was +-.6
Resit Maths was +0.4
For
2018
, Sixth Form results were in line with national averages:
A-Level: +0.00
Average result: C - (27.0)
Applied General: -0.2
Average result: Merit (24.2)
English and Maths progress was: +0.3 (English) and +0.60 (Maths)
Visit our academy’s
Department for Education performance web page
for full details of our performance, and click here for the
School and College Performance data table
for all schools in the Local Authority.
Click here for Careers and Desitinations
Page Downloads
HAO Ofsted Final 2023
07th Jul 2023
Download
About Us
Welcome
Our Senior Leaders
Our Vision
Health Science Specialism
Exam Results and Ofsted
Prospectus
Uniform
Meals
Year 6-7 Transition
Faculty Structure
Hire Our Facilities
Image Gallery
Harris Federation
Video Gallery
Thank a Teacher
Latest School Newsletter
Download
issue four of HAO Post
- December 2019.
Head of Academy: Richard Carey
Harris Academy Orpington,
Tintagel Road, Orpington, Kent, BR5 4LG
01689 819 219
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Useful Links
Harris Federation
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