Joshua Mangas
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Harris Professional Skills Sixth Form

  • 16 to 19
  • Free schools 16 to 19
  • Ages 16 to 19

URN 145197 · Croydon · HARRIS FEDERATION

In Croydon

Attendance

Against Croydon and England, secondary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

37.2%

Croydon
8.1%
England
8.4%

28.8 percentage points higher than England.

7.421.335.12017/182024/25
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Overall absence
YearThis schoolCroydonEngland
2017/18Not published5.3%5.5%
2018/19Not published5.3%5.5%
2020/2134.3%5.8%5.5%
2021/22Not published8.2%9.0%
2022/23Not published8.9%9.0%
2023/24Not published8.5%8.9%
2024/2537.2%8.1%8.4%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

100.0%

Croydon
23.9%
England
23.4%

76.6 percentage points higher than England.

18.856.694.32017/182024/25
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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolCroydonEngland
2017/18Not published13.1%13.9%
2018/19Not published13.2%13.7%
2020/2180.0%15.8%14.8%
2021/22Not published25.5%27.7%
2022/23Not published27.7%26.5%
2023/24Not published26.1%25.6%
2024/25100.0%23.9%23.4%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

14.3%

Croydon
2.9%
England
3.9%

10.4 percentage points higher than England.

3.311.118.92017/182024/25
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Severe absence
YearThis schoolCroydonEngland
2017/18Not published1.2%1.2%
2018/19Not published1.3%1.3%
2020/2120.0%1.4%1.5%
2021/22Not published2.1%2.7%
2022/23Not published3.0%3.4%
2023/24Not published3.3%3.8%
2024/2514.3%2.9%3.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Croydon and England, secondary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

17.76

Croydon
12.91
England
21.24

3.48 lower than England.

8.115.623.12017/182024/25
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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolCroydonEngland
2017/18Not published7.8410.13
2018/1911.117.2510.75
2019/2022.736.937.43
2020/217.857.038.48
2021/229.2910.5513.96
2022/2324.2812.6318.90
2023/2413.9513.6722.61
2024/2517.7612.9121.24

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.00

Croydon
0.14
England
0.23

0.23 lower than England.

0.10.81.52017/182024/25
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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolCroydonEngland
2017/18Not published0.130.20
2018/190.000.130.20
2019/200.000.110.13
2020/211.570.060.10
2021/220.550.060.16
2022/230.000.080.22
2023/240.390.100.25
2024/250.000.140.23

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Pupils

Against Croydon and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

21.6%

Croydon
33.5%
England
25.8%

4.2 percentage points lower than England.

21.727.232.72021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolCroydonEngland
2021/2230.1%28.3%20.9%
2022/2327.6%30.2%22.7%
2023/2427.5%32.3%24.1%
2024/2521.6%33.5%25.8%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

18.2%

Croydon
14.9%
England
13.4%

4.8 percentage points higher than England.

12.617.522.32021/222022/232023/242024/25
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SEN support
YearThis schoolCroydonEngland
2021/2218.6%13.7%11.9%
2022/2323.0%14.7%12.4%
2023/2416.7%14.4%12.9%
2024/2518.2%14.9%13.4%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

3.9%

Croydon
2.8%
England
3.1%

0.8 percentage points higher than England.

2.33.13.82021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolCroydonEngland
2021/223.3%2.2%2.2%
2022/233.3%2.2%2.4%
2023/242.7%2.4%2.7%
2024/253.9%2.8%3.1%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

18.5%

Croydon
27.4%
England
19.2%

0.7 percentage points lower than England.

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First language other than English
YearThis schoolCroydonEngland
2021/2223.0%24.8%17.5%
2022/2327.6%26.1%18.1%
2023/2427.1%25.6%18.6%
2024/2518.5%27.4%19.2%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Croydon and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

26.2

Croydon
18.3
England
17.3

8.9 higher than England.

10.217.725.12017/182025/26
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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolCroydonEngland
2017/18Not published18.716.5
2018/199.118.116.8
2019/2010.019.017.2
2020/2110.718.617.1
2021/2210.317.917.1
2022/2315.118.817.2
2023/2425.519.217.4
2024/2518.319.017.3
2025/2626.218.317.3

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

4.0 days

Croydon
4.6 days
England
5.0 days

1.0 days lower than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

1.74.06.32017/182024/25
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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolCroydonEngland
2017/18Not published3.8 days4.0 days
2018/192.3 days3.7 days4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/211.4 days4.2 days3.9 days
2021/226.6 days5.8 days6.3 days
2022/231.9 days4.9 days5.2 days
2023/242.7 days5.0 days5.3 days
2024/254.0 days4.6 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
280
Capacity
230
Type
Free schools 16 to 19
Phase
16 plus
Age range
16 to 19
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Trust
HARRIS FEDERATION
Opened
1 September 2018
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Croydon West
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 3 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: 11 Oliver Grove, London, SE25 6EJ

Website: www.harrisps6f.org.uk

Telephone: 02033709238

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Harris Professional Skills Sixth Form, URN 145197. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/145197/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.