# Harris Primary Academy Purley Way

Harris Primary Academy Purley Way is a primary school in Croydon, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 577 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E140395. [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 577
- Council: Croydon
- URN: 140395

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, April 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 24 April 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 79% of pupils at Harris Primary Academy Purley Way met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 68% in Croydon and 62% in England.
15% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Croydon | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 68% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 15% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 106 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Carew Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carew-academy-e143672): 520 m. Special. Outstanding (overall), January 2020, before the school changed
- [Aerodrome Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aerodrome-primary-academy-e139094): 560 m. Primary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Wilson's School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wilsons-school-e136621): 870 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), September 2022. Attainment 8 of 86.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [High View Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/high-view-primary-school-e102971): 880 m. Primary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Minster Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-minster-junior-school-e149113): 920 m. Primary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-minster-nursery-and-infants-church-of-england-academy-e149114): 920 m. Primary. Standards maintained, April 2025

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140395)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140395)

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