About Our Sixth Form
The Harris Academy South Norwood Sixth Form offers co-educational high-quality teaching in a positive learning environment in which all students are encouraged to strive for academic excellence. We offer a broad range of academic and vocational courses delivered by subject specialists with a focus on developing the skills of collaborative and independent learning.
We are part of the Harris Central Sixth Form, which is made up of 10 campuses with almost 2000 students, making us one of the largest Sixth Forms in London. One benefit of our size is that we are able to provide a wealth of opportunities for our students that simply cannot be found elsewhere.
| Year | No. in sixth form | No. in sixth form who applied to a university | % of the year group who applied to the university | % of year group placed at university | % of the year group took up places at Russell Group universities (of the whole year group) | % of year group took up places at top third universities (of whole year group) | % of students placed in apprenticeships | % of students in employment | % NEET (Croydon Average 15%) |
| 2021 | 234 | 209 | 89 | 79 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| 2020 | 214 | 184 | 86 | 78 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 5 |
Attainment
Students studying A Levels at HASN in 2023 averaged a grade C, and studying vocationals averaged a Distinction. 78% of students went on to study at University, some of which included:
- Medicine at Southampton University
- University of Warwick studying English and Theatre Studies
- University of Nottingham studying Politics and International Relations
- University of Durham studying Criminology
- University of Durham studying Geography
- University of Liverpool studying Geography
- University of Leeds studying English Literature and Language
- King’s College London studying English
- University of Manchester studying Economics and Finance
- King’s College London studying Nursing
- King’s College London studying Biomedical Science
- University of Birmingham studying Politics and Philosophy
- Queen Mary University London studying Biochemistry
Retention
Our quality of teaching and student satisfaction is very high. This led to a retention rate of 96% in last year’s cohort.
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| Year 12 Enrolment | Year 13 Completion | Retention Rate |
| 2021-2023 | 246 | 236 | 96% |
We are pleased to announce that we will be starting a tutoring programme to support our sixth-form students. This will be running throughout the year giving students who did not achieve a grade 4 or higher in their GCSE English and Maths extra support in their resits. We will also be providing extra tuition in their other level 3 subjects. This support will be provided by our teaching staff in groups of 3-5 running after the school day.
