Harris Academy Morden, Morden

From the headteacher's welcome: "We have a very hard-working team of teachers and support staff; they provide a caring and welcoming atmosphere for our students. We are a huge site with close to 6 acres of school buildings, sports halls, gymnasium, all weather pitches, tennis courts and large playing fields / athletic track thus providing excellent facilities."

In 2026, pupils at Harris Academy Morden averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 53.6 in Merton and 47 across England.

52% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 57% in Merton and 47% in England.

That is up from 46.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.49: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 45.9, against 55.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 114 families put Harris Academy Morden as their first choice and 523 named it as one of their preferences, for 184 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Harris Academy Morden are Carshalton Boys Sports College (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 46.1); Greenshaw High School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56.5); Glenthorne High School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 63.6); and St Mark's Church of England Academy (1.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 44.9).

Harris Academy Morden's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Harris Academy Morden is one of 59 schools run by Harris Federation, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 164 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

46.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 39.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (29%), Asian (20%) and Black (16%).

In 2026, 185 pupils (21.2%) received SEN support and 26 (3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Mitcham Tram Stop, about 840 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Green Wrythe Lane, 160 metres away.

In 2024/25, Harris Academy Morden issued 56 suspensions, 6.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Harris Academy Morden are St Teresa's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Green Wrythe Primary School (0.2 miles), Malmesbury Primary School (0.4 miles) and Tweeddale Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.