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Research institute publishes new benchmarking tool highlighting the performance of Harris academies

The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published a new web tool that enables users to benchmark schools groups on a series of measures. Today’s publication encompasses metrics on attainment and inclusion but the research will be expanded in future to include data ar...

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Government data shows Harris students outperform national average on every measure

The government’s Department for Education has published data about the academic achievements of students taking their GCSEs last summer. GCSE students at Harris: Nearly 4 in 10 (38%) of our Year 11 students came from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds, compared to a quarter (26%) of the cohort nationally; A third (32%) of our Year 11 students did not...

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'The State sixth form getting more Oxbridge offers than Eton'

Sixth formers at Harris West Minster Sixth Form have received 57 offers from Oxford and Cambridge this year. The academy opened nearly a decade ago. At its heart is the belief that, given the right opportunities, students from any background can succeed at the highest levels. Read more about its success in today's Times

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Harris Science Academy East London Students feature on BBC Radio 4 alongside Nobel Prize winning scientist

On New Years Day, four budding biologists from Harris Science Academy East London appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme. They were recorded during a visit to the Francis Crick Institute’s research labs where they spoke w...

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New £180k bursary scheme to benefit our students – and generously funded by a former Harris Head Boy

We are delighted to be launching a new bursary scheme which will provide transformative financial support for Harris students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds through their university years. The bursaries are being funded by a former Head Boy of Harris City Academy Crystal Palace: “‘I credit so much of my success – from attending univ...

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Harris Federation tops national league table of multi-academy trusts

New data from the government’s Department of Education shows that, with a Progress 8 score of +0.39, students at the Harris Federation make more academic progress than students at any other large multi-academy trust in the country. Progress 8 measures the progress students make in eight key subjects at secondary school and is determined by comparing their achieve...

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Prime Minister visits Harris Academy Battersea

The Prime Minister visited Harris Academy Battersea this morning. He spent time in lessons where he saw what students were learning and chatted to them about their studies. We are particularly grateful to Mr Sunak for staying on afterwards to chat to a group of keen Politics students - they were delighted to meet the Prime Minister and talk to him about his role. ...

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