Harris Academy Tottenham, London

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is our pleasure to welcome you to Harris Academy Tottenham, confident that whatever the abilities, talents and needs of your child, we will be able to support, encourage and challenge them to reach their potential."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 2 December 2026 at 10am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Harris Academy Tottenham averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 49.3 in Haringey and 47 across England.

47% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 50% in Haringey and 47% in England.

That is down from 52.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.66: pupils made well 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 45.4, against 52.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 18 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 198 families put Harris Academy Tottenham as their first choice and 565 named it as one of their preferences, for 157 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 63 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Harris Academy Tottenham are Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 64.2); Gladesmore Community School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46.5); Duke's Aldridge (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.3); and Willowfield School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 43.5).

Harris Academy Tottenham's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Harris Academy Tottenham 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 199 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 35% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 66 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 62% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 11% into work. 15% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

36% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 49.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (38%), Mixed (12%) and other ethnic groups (11%).

Harris Academy Tottenham had 65 teachers in 2026, one for every 20 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Tottenham Hale Station, about 310 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Burdock Road (->e), 40 metres away.

In 2024/25, Harris Academy Tottenham issued 165 suspensions, 12.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Harris Academy Tottenham are Welbourne Primary School (0.4 miles), Holy Trinity CofE Primary School (0.4 miles), Ferry Lane Primary School (0.4 miles) and The Mulberry Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.