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			<title><![CDATA[Trip of a Liftetime: Harris Primary Academy Pupils Visit Sister School on Sponsored Trip to China]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/187/trip-of-a-liftetime-harris-primary-academy-pupils-visit-sister-school-on-sponsored-trip-to-china</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sixteen pupils form two Harris Primary Academies in south London were given the opportunity of their lifetimes when they were invited to take a generously subsidised trip to China to develop their understanding of the Mandarin language.



The trip, sponsored by the Swire Chinese Language Foundation, saw eight pupils each from Harris Primary Academy Beckenham and Harris Primary Academy Shortlands...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris students inspired by authors and public figures for World Book Day]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/185/harris-students-inspired-by-authors-and-public-figures-for-world-book-day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Students across the Harris Federation are celebrating World Book Day and the launch of the National Year of Reading with a special series of messages from authors, broadcasters and well-known public figures sharing the books that shaped them.

The short video messages&nbsp;are being played in tutor time across Harris secondary academies, encouraging students to reflect on the power of reading and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leading the way on behaviour]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/172/leading-the-way-on-behaviour</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris Federation selected as Catalyst Partner to shape national best practice in preventing youth violence

We are delighted to announce that Harris Federation has been selected by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) as one of just a handful of national partners for their&nbsp;Education Catalyst Pilot Programme:&nbsp;a bold initiative designed to help schools test and embed evidence-informed strategie...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy Chobham Welcomes Jodie Whittaker to Celebrate World Book Day]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/186/harris-academy-chobham-welcomes-jodie-whittaker-to-celebrate-world-book-day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Students at Harris Academy Chobham welcomed a very special guest as part of their World Book Day celebrations this week.&nbsp; Doctor Who actress Jodie Whittaker, who is a long-standing advocate of supporting young people&rsquo;s love of reading, spent the afternoon with students discussing books and reading for pleasure.

Year 2 pupils spoke to Jodie about the books they love to read and asked he...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 5 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Students Delve into the World of AI with Microsoft]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/184/harris-students-delve-into-the-world-of-ai-with-microsoft</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A group of Harris students delved into the world of AI on Tuesday 24th February as they participated in the Microsoft AI Tour at Excel London.&nbsp; The 13 students had a fantastic time learning more about AI and seeing how it is transforming the world around us.&nbsp; It was an exceptional opportunity which we were pleased to be able to arrange for students.

The Computer Science and IT Sixth For...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oxbridge Calling: Harris Federation Sixth Formers Receive Offers from Oxford and Cambridge]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/183/oxbridge-calling-harris-federation-sixth-formers-receive-offers-from-oxford-and-cambridge</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An impressive 66 students from across the Harris Federation have been offered places to study at Oxford and Cambridge Universities on highly competitive courses including English Literature, Maths and Chemical Engineering.

13 of the successful students attend Sixth Forms which are part the Harris Federation&rsquo;s secondary Academies.&nbsp; This is the highest number of offers ever achieved by t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 4 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[35 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING EDUCATION:&nbsp; HARRIS CITY ACADEMY CRYSTAL PALACE CELEBRATES MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/165/35-years-of-outstanding-education-harris-city-academy-crystal-palace-celebrates-milestone-anniversary</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~ Academy celebrates fourth consecutive &ldquo;Outstanding&rdquo; Ofsted judgement ~

~ Former Prime Minister Sir John Major guest of honour at special celebration ~

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace marked its 35th anniversary last month at a special event hosted by the Academy&rsquo;s students and staff. The event celebrated the achievements of the past 35 years, including the Academy&rsquo;s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation Leavers Take Up Places at Top Universities]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/164/harris-federation-leavers-take-up-places-at-top-universities</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Harris Federation Class of 2025 has taken up their university places following their A Level success this summer.

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Over three quarters (77%) of all Year 13 leavers have progressed onto university &ndash; significantly higher than the national average of 46%.&nbsp; Almost a quarter (24%) have begun courses at Russell Group universities &ndash; up from 22% in 2024.

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In the last m...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donor Report]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/160/donor-report</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;re delighted to share our latest donor report, which highlights the extraordinary difference our supporters have made to young people across the Harris Federation.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors and partners, we&rsquo;ve been able to offer transformative opportunities to over 44,000 children across 55 academies. Together, we are changing narratives and redefining what&rsquo;s pos...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 8 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[GCSE Results 2025: Congratulations Year 11!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/159/gcse-results-2025-congratulations-year-11</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Once again, our secondary Academies have achieved a superb set of GCSE results.&nbsp; The 2025 Year 11 cohort were amongst the most unsettled in a generation; they missed sitting their SATs in Year 6 due to the Covid pandemic and endured a disrupted start to their secondary education.

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Today our Harris students have proved that through hard work, determination and drive, it is possible to...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Congratulations&nbsp;Class of 2025: Another Exceptional Year of A Level Results!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/158/congratulationsclass-of-2025-another-exceptional-year-of-a-level-results</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There were celebrations across the Harris Federation&rsquo;s Sixth Forms today as over 3,000 students collected their A Level results.&nbsp; For a third year in a row, our A Level results show an impressive improvement on all measures across the Federation.

Over 75% of all A Level grades were awarded at C or above and over 85% of Vocational grades were awarded at Distinction or above. &nbsp;As fu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation Raises The Roof At Fairfield Halls With Fantastic Festival Of Music]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/157/harris-federation-raises-the-roof-at-fairfield-halls-with-fantastic-festival-of-music</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fairfield Halls in Croydon was filled with the sound of music earlier this month as hundreds of students from across the Harris Federation came together to perform in a fantastic Festival of Music.

At a time when music education is in decline across the country, the Harris Federation has placed a strong focus on providing students with opportunities to participate in music and, importantly, perfo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation Named Trust of the Year at TES Schools Awards]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/156/harris-federation-named-trust-of-the-year-at-tes-schools-awards</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Harris Federation is thrilled and honoured to have been named Trust of the Year (10 schools or more) at the TES Schools Awards 2025.

The Federation, which had been shortlisted along with seven other Multi Academy Trusts, was chosen as the winner by a panel of judges including school leaders and sector experts.

Collecting the Award on behalf of the Federation at a special gala held in London...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[HARRIS FEDERATION WINS PRESTIGIOUS EMPLOYABILITY AWARD]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/155/harris-federation-wins-prestigious-employability-award</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Harris Federation is&nbsp;pleased to have been&nbsp;awarded the&nbsp;MESMA Quality&nbsp;Collaboration and Employability Award&nbsp;at the Quality Professional Awards for Further Education and Employability.

The Award recognises the Federation&rsquo;s&nbsp;trailblazing&nbsp;partnership with&nbsp;Successful Mums Career Academy&nbsp;through which&nbsp;parents &ndash; especially mums &ndash; are...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace features on BBC&rsquo;s Panorama]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/154/harris-primary-academy-crystal-palace-features-on-bbcs-panorama</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Five years on from the Covid lockdown, BBC&rsquo;s Panorama have visited Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace.

The show looks at the impact on the youngest children &ndash; those who were babies and toddlers during the pandemic &ndash; and how schools like ours are rising to the challenge of supporting them.

A huge thank you to the staff and families who took the time to speak to the show. The...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Closing the Gap: Harris Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds Make As Much Progress as Non-Disadvantaged Students Nationally]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/153/closing-the-gap-harris-students-from-disadvantaged-backgrounds-make-as-much-progress-as-non-disadvantaged-students-nationally</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Following the publication of the Department for Education&rsquo;s validated Performance Tables for Summer 2024 this week, we are pleased to reveal the positive impact of a Harris education on our students &ndash; particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The tables, which show the final Progress 8 scores from last summer&rsquo;s GCSE results, reveal that students from disadvantaged backg...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Clapham Sixth Form Judged Outstanding In All Areas By Ofsted]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/152/harris-clapham-sixth-form-judged-outstanding-in-all-areas-by-ofsted</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In November 2024, Harris Clapham Sixth Form received its first ever Ofsted inspection at which it was judged to be an &lsquo;Outstanding&rsquo; sixth form. It joins&nbsp;a small&nbsp;group of&nbsp;&lsquo;Outstanding&rsquo;&nbsp;Further Education providers, with only 10% nationally achieving&nbsp;this grading.

Since opening just over three years ago in the middle of the pandemic, Harris Clapham Si...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Principals and senior leaders talk to the TES about how we are supporting persistently absent pupils to successfully return to school&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/151/harris-principals-and-senior-leaders-talk-to-the-tes-about-how-we-are-supporting-persistently-absent-pupils-to-successfully-return-to-school-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Principals and senior leaders from Harris have spoken to the TES about the introduction of Home-Academy Liaison Officers (HALOs) who help support pupils to return from persistent absence.

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The success of the initiative has been noted by Academies across the Federation and beyond, as attendance,&nbsp;even in the most complicated cases, has increased because of our approach.&nbsp;

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Y...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy East Dulwich Students and Parents Interviewed by Baroness Floella Benjamin on BBC Radio 4&rsquo;s Today Programme]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/150/harris-academy-east-dulwich-students-and-parents-interviewed-by-baroness-floella-benjamin-on-bbc-radio-4s-today-programme</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As part of BBC Radio 4 Today Programme&rsquo;s Christmas Guest Editor series, Baroness Floella Benjamin visited Harris Boys&rsquo; Academy East Dulwich.

The students eloquently explained how they approach a range of challenges in both their academic and personal lives, while parents discussed the difficulties of parenting through both the rise of social media and the challenging times of the COVI...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Futures, our new alumni network, wins award]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/149/harris-futures-our-new-alumni-network-wins-award</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We are thrilled to share that our alumni network, Harris Futures, has been awarded Engagement Campaign of the Year in the IDPE 2024 Development Awards. &nbsp;

The IDPE exists to enable schools to develop cultures of engagement and philanthropic support and the award we have won recognises successfully strengthening relationships within school communities.&nbsp;

Harris Futures was launched&nbsp;j...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Celebrates Year of Success at Annual Conference]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Over 4,000 Harris Federation colleagues gathered for the Harris Annual Conference at London&rsquo;s ExCel Centre. &nbsp;Our theme this year was&nbsp;Claiming the Future; Beating the Odds.&nbsp;

Around 60 training sessions were held throughout the day, enabling teachers and support staff from all 55 Harris Academies to share their expertise and develop their passions and interests.&nbsp; We also c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[GCSEs 2024: Congratulations to over 5,000 Year 11 students in the Harris Federation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/147/gcses-2024-congratulations-to-over-5000-year-11-students-in-the-harris-federation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Our academies are celebrating excellent GCSE results this. Headline results across the Harris Federation are:


	High attainment: our average Attainment 8 &ndash; calculated by totalling&nbsp;GCSE scores of students in 8 key subjects &ndash; is 50 (compared to 46.3 nationally and 49.8 at Harris in 2023);
	English and maths: 53% of our students got at least a Grade 5 in both English and maths (comp...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A stunning year for the Harris Federation &lsquo;Class of 2024&rsquo; as they collect their A Level Results]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Huge congratulations are due to Harris sixth formers who collected their results today as well as the hard-working and talented staff who taught and supported them.

As things stand today, with further detail and some re-marks still to come, the headlines are:


	Our Average Point Score per entry across all qualification types is, at 32.6, up on last year;
	29% of our students achieved an A or A*...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[James Handscombe, Harris Westminster Sixth Form Executive Principal, receives OBE in King&rsquo;s Birthday Honours list 2024]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/144/james-handscombe-harris-westminster-sixth-form-executive-principal-receives-obe-in-kings-birthday-honours-list-2024</link>
			<description><![CDATA[James Handscombe has been awarded an OBE in the King&rsquo;s Birthday Honours list. Mr Handscombe, who first joined the Harris Federation a decade ago as the founding Principal of Harris Westminster Sixth Form, has been given the award in recognition of his significant contribution to education.

When Mr Handscombe first established the Harris Westminster Sixth Form, it was rare for even the brigh...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Genevieve Bent, Assistant Principal of Harris Invictus Academy, receives MBE in the King&rsquo;s Birthday Honours list]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/145/genevieve-bent-assistant-principal-of-harris-invictus-academy-receives-mbe-in-the-kings-birthday-honours-list</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Genevieve Bent, who has been awarded an MBE for services to education in the King&rsquo;s Birthday Honours List.

Sir Dan Moynihan, CEO of the Harris Federation, said:

&ldquo;Genevieve Bent is a hugely talented educator. She hasn&rsquo;t just helped make Harris Invictus Academy the outstanding school it is, she has also made a far wider contribution to STEM education working ti...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Nursery classes for 3 &amp; 4 year olds in September 2024]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/143/new-nursery-classes-for-3-4-year-olds-in-september-2024</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris Federation expands OUTSTANDING Nursery Provision in Croydon.&nbsp;

Harris Primary Academy Haling Park and Harris Primary Academy Benson are opening new Nursery Classes in September 2024 for 3 &amp; 4-year-olds.

Both academies were graded Outstanding by Ofsted in all areas within the last year.&nbsp;

Free government-funded places are available now for either 15 or 30 hours.

The core nurs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy Parents Speak Out About the Challenges of Living in Temporary Accommodation in New Podcast Episode]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/142/harris-academy-parents-speak-out-about-the-challenges-of-living-in-temporary-accommodation-in-new-podcast-episode</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris Federation parents have been interviewed by The News Agents podcast, for an episode entitled&nbsp;&lsquo;INVESTIGATION: Britain&rsquo;s hidden homeless children&rsquo;.

As part of the podcast, presenter Lewis Goodall spoke to Harris Federation CEO Sir Dan Moynihan about the problems children and their families face when they are forced to live long-term in unsatisfactory temporary accommod...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation&rsquo;s Apprenticeships Provision judged &lsquo;Good&rsquo; in all areas]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/140/harris-federations-apprenticeships-provision-judged-good-in-all-areas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Harris Federation&rsquo;s Apprenticeships provision has been judged &lsquo;Good&rsquo; in all areas following an inspection by Ofsted in January 2024.

Since 2019, the Federation has been delivering apprenticeships as an employer-provider.&nbsp; It currently delivers the Level 3 Team Leader and the Level 5 Coaching Professional Apprenticeship Programmes as a Main Provider that is open to all s...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation CEO Speaks Out About The School Catering Industry]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sir Dan Moynihan, CEO of the Harris Federation, appeared on BBC Radio 4&rsquo;s Today programme on 15th&nbsp;March alongside former Education Secretary Justine Greening to discuss the importance of better school meals.

He made the point that for the 4.2 million children in food poverty, their school lunch is their only hot meal of the day, so it is unacceptable for this not to serve their nutriti...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Research institute publishes new benchmarking tool highlighting the performance of Harris academies]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/138/research-institute-publishes-new-benchmarking-tool-highlighting-the-performance-of-harris-academies</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published a new web tool that enables users to benchmark schools groups on a series of measures.

Today&rsquo;s publication encompasses metrics on attainment and inclusion but the research will be expanded in future to include data around finance and workforce. The aim of the new tool is to produce a well-rounded definition of what a &lsquo;good&rsquo; scho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['The State sixth form getting more Oxbridge offers than Eton']]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/136/the-state-sixth-form-getting-more-oxbridge-offers-than-eton</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sixth formers at Harris West Minster Sixth Form have received 57 offers from Oxford and Cambridge this year.&nbsp;

The academy opened nearly a decade ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;At its heart&nbsp;is the belief that, given the right opportunities, students from any background can succeed at the highest levels.&nbsp;

Read more about its success in today&#39;s Times here.

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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[HRH Duchess of Edinburgh joins students at Harris Girls Academy East Dulwich for a menstrual health workshop]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/135/hrh-duchess-of-edinburgh-joins-students-at-harris-girls-academy-east-dulwich-for-a-menstrual-health-workshop</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Students and staff at Harris Girls&rsquo; Academy East Dulwich have been joined by HRH Duchess of Edinburgh for a workshop about menstrual health.

The workshop was part of Wellbeing of Women&rsquo;s&nbsp;&quot;Just a Period&quot;&nbsp;campaign, which aims to educate girls and young women about heavy bleeding and pain, so that they know when and how to seek medical help.

Tanya Simon-Hall, founder...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The City of London Hygiene Bank and the Harris Federation are working in partnership to bring personal care products to the students in our academies]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/134/the-city-of-london-hygiene-bank-and-the-harris-federation-are-working-in-partnership-to-bring-personal-care-products-to-the-students-in-our-academies</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We are pleased and excited to be working with the City of London Hygiene Bank, part of the National Hygiene Bank, a charitable initiative which collects the kinds of items everyone needs for their personal care and distributes them to people in need.

Just before the Christmas holidays began, a time that can bring added financial stress to already struggling families, the charity delivered trucklo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Science Academy East London Students feature on BBC Radio 4 alongside Nobel Prize winning scientist]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/133/harris-science-academy-east-london-students-feature-on-bbc-radio-4-alongside-nobel-prize-winning-scientist</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On New Years Day, four budding biologists from Harris Science Academy East London appeared on BBC Radio 4&rsquo;s Today Programme.

They were recorded during a visit to the Francis Crick Institute&rsquo;s research labs where they spoke with Nobel Prize winning geneticist and Chief Executive Officer of the Francis Crick Institute, Sir Paul Nurse, about their hopes for scientific developments in the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 4 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Primary Academy Croydon Celebrates Opening of New Library]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/132/harris-primary-academy-croydon-celebrates-opening-of-new-library</link>
			<description><![CDATA[~ Library is the first of 25 new Coronation Libraries being opened through partnership between Bloomberg and the National Literacy Trust ~

On 1st November 2023, Harris Primary Academy Croydon pupils and staff welcomed guests to the official opening of their brand-new library.

The library has been opened as part of the Coronation Libraries programme &ndash; a collaboration between the National Li...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 2 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation participates in hackathon to explore how AI could supercharge education]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/131/harris-federation-participates-in-hackathon-to-explore-how-ai-could-supercharge-education</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris Federation staff and students have participated in a two-day hackathon, a government-led initiative in collaboration with the National Institute of Teaching, to work towards unlocking the benefits of generative AI for students in England&rsquo;s schools.&nbsp;This was the first-ever event of its type in education. &nbsp; Over the course of the hackathon, Harris teachers, including the Feder...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 1 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kits worth &pound;250,000 given to Harris football teams by retailer MandM]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/130/kits-worth-250000-given-to-harris-football-teams-by-retailer-mandm</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Football teams at all 54 Harris Academies have been given brand new kits by the online retailer MandM.&nbsp; &nbsp;

More than 6,000 sets of&nbsp;kit, worth &pound;250,000, have been personalised for each Harris Academy with its&nbsp;badge and school colours. The kits&nbsp;are made up of match shirts for outfield players and goalkeepers, shorts and socks as well as a team kit bag for each academy...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sir Dan Moynihan in the TES 'How I Lead' series]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/129/sir-dan-moynihan-in-the-tes-039how-i-lead039-series</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sir Dan Moynihan, Senior Executive Principal &amp; CEO of the Harris Federation since it was established in 2006 and also a former Principal of Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, has been interviewed by the TES about his career and leadership style.&nbsp; You can read the interview on the TES website:&nbsp;Sir Dan Moynihan on how to lead a multi-academy trust | Tes &nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 3 Oct 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Award-winning musical project by students from Harris Academy Peckham is brought to a sold-out audience at the Southbank Centre&rsquo;s Queen Elizabeth Hall]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Since being created by students from Harris Academy Peckham with the Multi-Story Orchestra in 2021, The Endz has played to packed out audiences across London, receiving glowing reviews in the national press, and winning a prestigious award from the Royal Philharmonic Society. &nbsp;&nbsp;

This autumn, it was performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of the Southbank Centre&rsquo;s classical m...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New &pound;180k bursary scheme to benefit our students &ndash; and generously funded by a former Harris Head Boy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/128/new-180k-bursary-scheme-to-benefit-our-students-and-generously-funded-by-a-former-harris-head-boy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[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. &nbsp;

The bursaries are being funded by a former Head Boy of Harris City Academy Crystal Palace:&nbsp;

&ldquo;&lsquo;I credit so much of my success &ndash; from attending university to getting my fir...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rebecca Hickey Awarded OBE in King&rsquo;s Birthday Honours List]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ms Rebecca Hickey, Secondary Director at The Harris Federation has been awarded an OBE by the King in His first Birthday Honour&rsquo;s List. The award is for Services to Education. Having begun her career as an English teacher, Ms Hickey joined the Federation in January 2007 as Vice Principal of Harris Academy South Norwood and was a key member of the team who moved the school from Special Measur...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[will.i.am&rsquo;s foundation renews commitment to funding robotics at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/122/williams-foundation-renews-commitment-to-funding-robotics-at-harris-city-academy-crystal-palace</link>
			<description><![CDATA[will.i.am has pledged to continue funding robotics at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace through his non-profit foundation i.am. Angel.

Following a visit to the school in 2021, the musician and philanthropist founded his first UK-based robotics programme at the academy. Now, having been so impressed with how the school has used the funding and the impact it has had, he has promised to extend his...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sony Music donates thousands of pounds of instruments, equipment and workshops to Harris Academy Greenwich]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/120/sony-music-donates-thousands-of-pounds-of-instruments-equipment-and-workshops-to-harris-academy-greenwich</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris Academy Greenwich has become the first school in the UK to be awarded an international music grant by Sony Music and the Fender Play Foundation. &nbsp;

The package includes thousands of pounds&nbsp;worth of instruments, music equipment and workshops with Fender. Harris Academy Greenwich was selected following their students&rsquo; win at the Battle of the Bands competition run by music edu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Well done to Year 13s across the Harris Federation for a record-breaking set of Oxbridge offers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/119/well-done-to-year-13s-across-the-harris-federation-for-a-record-breaking-set-of-oxbridge-offers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An amazing 67 Harris students, our highest number ever, have received offers from Oxford and Cambridge.&nbsp;

Almost all of these students come from social, economic or ethnic backgrounds underrepresented at these universities &ndash; but if they meet their offers, they will be following in the&nbsp; fantastic footsteps of more than 200 Harris sixth formers who have made it to Oxford and Cambridg...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[An exciting new development in the partnership between  King&rsquo;s College School, Wimbledon and Harris Academy Wimbledon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/118/an-exciting-new-development-in-the-partnership-between-kings-college-school-wimbledon-and-harris-academy-wimbledon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[King&rsquo;s College School, Wimbledon and Harris Academy Wimbledon are delighted to announce an exciting new development in their longstanding partnership.

The two schools have been working together since Harris Academy Wimbledon (HAWI) was opened in 2018. Since then, Harris Academy Wimbledon has been growing one year group at a time, and prepares to open its sixth form in September 2023. HAWI a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;Harris in Conversation&rsquo; podcast features fantastic range of guests]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[We are so pleased to be continuing our brilliant &lsquo;Harris in Conversation&rsquo; podcast, hosted by our English consultants.

The podcast aims to bring stimulating and topical conversations about teaching and learning to the listener, whether they are a school teacher or simply an education enthusiast.

Each episode features an interview with an exciting guest, ranging from important figures...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Prime Minister visits Harris Academy Battersea]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/115/prime-minister-visits-harris-academy-battersea</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister visited Harris Academy Battersea this morning.&nbsp;

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.&nbsp;

Further photos of t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 6 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Girls&rsquo; Academy Bromley student Israella wins The Voice Kids UK]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/116/harris-girls-academy-bromley-student-israella-wins-the-voice-kids-uk</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Israella, a Year 10 student from Harris Girls&rsquo; Academy Bromley, has won The Voice Kids UK.

Performing &lsquo;How Great Thou Art&rsquo; by Carrie Underwood for her final song, she wowed the judges and beat tough competition from her fellow finalists Todd, Tawana and Sebastian.

After Israella&rsquo;s incredible performance, her mentor Pixie Lott, said: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m so proud of you&hellip...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 2 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation conference for 4,000 staff]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[For the first time since before the pandemic, all 4,000 Harris Federation teachers and support staff have come together for an amazing day of training and workshops &ndash; many thanks to all the speakers&nbsp;who helped make the day so useful and inspiring.&nbsp;

The theme of the day was the Confident Self-reliance that defines the Harris Federation.&nbsp;

At the heart of our approach is, obvio...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 5 Nov 2022 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Government data shows Harris GCSE pupils are more than twice as likely to achieve the demanding EBacc]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/113/government-data-shows-harris-gcse-pupils-are-more-than-twice-as-likely-to-achieve-the-demanding-ebacc</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The government has published data showing the performance of secondary schools across England in GCSEs this summer.

This year, over 4,000 pupils from 24 Harris academies sat for GCSEs.&nbsp;The government&#39;s data shows they progressed faster at Harris and outperformed pupils nationally on every academic measure:


	
		
			
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			<pubDate>Fri, 4 Nov 2022 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[GCSE results 2022]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/112/gcse-results-2022</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to over four thousand students in the Harris Federation who received their GCSE results this week.

These students, many just 13 when the pandemic began, and almost all from communities that faced the greatest hardship during lockdown and Covid, have shown strength, drive and tenacity way beyond what we could normally expect of children.

They refused to let Covid define their GCSE...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Level results 2022]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Huge congratulations are due to the Harris Federation&rsquo;s Class of 2022 and all those who have supported them.

We always look forward to results days, but today was even more anticipated than usual with students elated to be collecting their A Level qualifications after missing out on their GCSE examinations in 2020.

The highlights&nbsp;are:

1. Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science

We...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation sixth formers featured in the Evening Standard]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two Harris Federation sixth formers have featured in today&#39;s Evening Standard.&nbsp;

Tess Mathew, a Harris Academy Battersea student who was part of our Harris Experience programme, tells the paper how she overcame &quot;huge adversity&quot; to win a place at St Andrews for Medicine.&nbsp;

Harris Westminster&#39;s Louise Aarons, the first in her family to go to university, tells the paper sh...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy Peckham show featured in the Sunday Times culture section]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Students at Harris Academy Peckham have developed a show, The Endz, set in Peckham and telling a story about friendship triumphing over heartbreak and loss.

Thanks to a collaboration with The Multi-Story Orchestra, the production is backed with a 100-strong choir of local school children and a full symphony orchestra. &nbsp;

It tells the story of a character who stands up for someone else and en...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fiona Hill, the inspirational former US presidential advisor, addresses Harris Federation students]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/107/fiona-hill-the-inspirational-former-us-presidential-advisor-addresses-harris-federation-students</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Students from across the Harris Federation were treated to a special event with Fiona Hill, a leading expert on Russia and an advisor to the last three US presidents.

Born in 1965 in a coal mining town in the North East of England, she told her story of how she went from one of the worst performing schools in England to the White House, via a degree in Russian at the University of St Andrews and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green to open pop-up bookshop]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Enterprising pupils and staff at Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green âare to open a community bookshop.&nbsp;

Customers will be able to choose from&nbsp;a huge number of pre-loved books, priced at &pound;1 each, all donated by the academy&rsquo;s parents and staff.&nbsp;There are also plenty of games and puzzles&nbsp;costing &pound;2.

Proceeds from the bookshop will be put towards taking al...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New National Institute of Teaching to be led by the Harris Federation with three other successful school trusts]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/106/new-national-institute-of-teaching-to-be-led-by-the-harris-federation-with-three-other-successful-school-trusts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The government has announced that the new National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) will be led by the School-Led Development Trust (SLDT), a charity founded by the Harris Federation and three other leading school trusts, Oasis Community Learning, Outwood Grange Academies Trust and Star Academies.&nbsp; The NIoT will open in September 2022 and be the first of its kind in England. It will evolve teache...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Trio of Harris schools amongst the reasons why Crystal Palace has been named the best place to live in London]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/105/trio-of-harris-schools-amongst-the-reasons-why-crystal-palace-has-been-named-the-best-place-to-live-in-london</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A &lsquo;trio of outstanding Harris academies&rsquo; (Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, Harris Academy South Norwood and Harris Girls&rsquo; Academy Bromley) are among the reasons why Crystal Palace has been judged as the best place to live in London by the Sunday Times. We agree that Crystal Palace is a fantastic place and are proud of the transformative impact these three schools have had upon...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Boys&rsquo; Academy East Dulwich pavilion displayed at COP26]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/104/harris-boys-academy-east-dulwich-pavilion-displayed-at-cop26</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A pavilion designed by aspiring architects and engineers from Harris Boys&rsquo; Academy East Dulwich&nbsp;has been displayed&nbsp;at COP26 in Glasgow.

The pavilion, which was designed by the boys following a two-day workshop at the renowned&nbsp;Grimshaw Architects&nbsp;in February, shows a&nbsp;deconstructed dome&nbsp;pulled apart by the symbolic hands of humanity, illustrating the&nbsp;impact...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Celebrating 30 Years of Harris City Academy Crystal Palace]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/102/celebrating-30-years-of-harris-city-academy-crystal-palace</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There have been celebrations at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace this week as the school marked its 30th birthday. The school opened in 1990 as one of the first independent state schools in England. It was sponsored by the philanthropist Lord Harris of Peckham and his family and called Harris City Technology College (Harris CTC). It replaced Sylvan High School which had a reputation for poor sta...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris City Academy Crystal Palace students supported by will.i.am to learn robotics]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/103/harris-city-academy-crystal-palace-students-supported-by-william-to-learn-robotics</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Musician, tech entrepreneur and philanthropist will.i.am has made a generous donation to Harris City Academy Crystal Palace so that its students can study robotics.

Will.i.am visited the school for his thought-provoking documentary &lsquo;The Black Print&rsquo; on ITV which explored what it means to be black and British today. He was impressed with the ambitious teaching, inclusive curriculum and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Education Secretary and Children&rsquo;s Commissioner visit Harris Westminster Sixth Form]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/101/education-secretary-and-childrens-commissioner-visit-harris-westminster-sixth-form</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This week, staff and students at&nbsp;Harris Westminster Sixth Form&nbsp;had the pleasure of hosting a visit from the Children&rsquo;s Commissioner, Dame Rachel De Souza, and the new Education Secretary, Nadhim Zahawi.&nbsp;

During the visit, they discussed the results of the Children&rsquo;s Commissioner&rsquo;s &lsquo;Big Ask&rsquo; survey, which captured the views of half a million young peopl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[41 Harris Federation students off to medical school!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/97/41-harris-federation-students-off-to-medical-school</link>
			<description><![CDATA[41 students from across the Harris Federation have secured the grades they need to study medicine at universities across the UK today.&nbsp;

Congratulations are due to all Harris academies sending students to medical school, including Harris Westminster Sixth Form&nbsp;which has an amazing 23 medics this year and the seven&nbsp;Harris academies sending students to medical school for the first tim...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oxbridge success across the Harris Federation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/98/oxbridge-success-across-the-harris-federation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the 44 students from across the Harris Federation with places at Oxford and Cambridge.


In a year where fewer offers overall were made, our students succeeded in getting places on subjects recognised as the most competitive for which to apply including PPE, maths, law, computer science, natural sciences and engineering.&nbsp;

Over 150 Harris students have now taken up Oxbridge...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Congratulations to all our students taking up apprenticeships]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/99/congratulations-to-all-our-students-taking-up-apprenticeships</link>
			<description><![CDATA[At least 36&nbsp;Harris students are set to take up apprenticeships, with many more in the pipeline. The majority of these are degree apprenticeships which means that the students will achieve a full bachelor&rsquo;s degree as part of their apprenticeship or include&nbsp;a master&rsquo;s programme.

The apprenticeships include&nbsp;Bank of America,&nbsp;Bloomberg, KPMG, Schroeders and UBS.&nbsp;...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation class of 2021 celebrates success]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/100/harris-federation-class-of-2021-celebrates-success</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We are immensely proud of a fantastic set of A Level results and outcomes this year.

Overall, 80% of our sixth formers are heading off to university, with a sizable group of students having also won places on competitive apprenticeship programmes. &nbsp;

Despite having lost a quarter of face-to-face teaching time to national lockdowns, the Harris Federation&rsquo;s Class of 2021 has triumphed. K...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Former Harris Academy Peckham Student Wins Silver in Tokyo Olympics]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[We are incredibly proud of former Harris Academy Peckham student Kye Whyte who went head-to-head with the world&rsquo;s best to take home a silver medal for Team GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Making his debut on the Olympic stage, 21-year-old Kye made history to claim the nation&rsquo;s first-ever Olympic medal in BMX racing. This follows his silver medal at the 2018 European BMX Championsh...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 5 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy Tottenham hosts launch event for youth violence reduction programme]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/95/harris-academy-tottenham-hosts-launch-event-for-youth-violence-reduction-programme</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This week Harris Academy Tottenham hosted the launch of a new &pound;750,00 violence reduction&nbsp;initiative for Tottenham Hale. It was a poignant and moving event where children through poetry, song and speeches shared their stories of loss to street criminality and their desire to make the future better.

Run by the Bridge Renewal Trust and the Greater London Authority (GLA), the initiative br...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy St John's Wood approach to driving participation of girls in computing and technology featured in the Guardian]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/94/harris-academy-st-johns-wood-approach-to-driving-participation-of-girls-in-computing-and-technology-featured-in-the-guardian</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;I hope if more women like me choose to teach technology, we can get more girls into our classrooms and change the face of technology in this country in the future.&rdquo;


Two teachers from Harris Academy St John&rsquo;s Wood &ndash; Elizabeth English and Amelia Bryant - &nbsp;spoke to the Guardian about how they have been encouraging more girls to take up computing and technology subject...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[School-Led Network NPQ Programmes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/93/school-led-network-npq-programmes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The School-Led Network is proud to announce its appointment as a national provider of the new suite of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs). The School-Led Network encompasses Harris Leadership College, North East Teaching Schools Partnership (NETSP) including Newcastle University, Outwood Institute of Education and Star Institute. Together, these organisations share a vision of a school-le...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 1 Apr 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;A School Built on Ethos&rsquo;: Principal James Handscombe publishes new book about Harris Westminster Sixth Form]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/90/a-school-built-on-ethos-principal-james-handscombe-publishes-new-book-about-harris-westminster-sixth-form</link>
			<description><![CDATA[James Handscombe, founding principal of Harris Westminster Sixth Form has published a new book,&nbsp;A School Built on Ethos: Ideas, assemblies and hard-won wisdom, based on his experience of setting up and leading the Sixth Form.

Harris Westminster Sixth Form was opened in 2014 as a pioneering partnership between the Harris Federation and Westminster School. It has had continued success enabling...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Genevieve Bent, Associate Assistant Principal of Harris Invictus Academy, features in the Guardian]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/91/genevieve-bent-associate-assistant-principal-of-harris-invictus-academy-features-in-the-guardian</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&quot;Entering a classroom as a student teacher was like turning on a switch&quot;&nbsp;

&nbsp;


Associate Assistant Principal of Harris Invictus Academy Croydon, Genevieve Bent, is featured in an inspiring piece on teaching in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Guardian. In it&nbsp;she discusses&nbsp;her journey to become a teacher, the importance of role models and founding the online network&nbsp;Young Gifted an...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy Tottenham student signs professional contract with Millwall Football Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/89/harris-academy-tottenham-student-signs-professional-contract-with-millwall-football-club</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris Academy Tottenham student Niino Adom-Malaki&nbsp;has signed a two-year professional scholarship with Millwall Football Club.

Niino enrolled at Harris Academy Tottenham in 2020 as a Kinetic Scholar, a unique football and education programme which supports aspiring footballers both on and off the pitch. Kinetic offers specialist training, coaching and mentoring opportunities which run alongs...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich works with Met Police and charity School Food Matters to deliver breakfast to pupils]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/88/harris-boys-academy-east-dulwich-works-with-met-police-and-charity-school-food-matters-to-deliver-breakfast-to-pupils</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Over the past month Harris Boys&rsquo; Academy East Dulwich has been working in conjunction with the charity School Food Matters to distribute free nutritious breakfast bags to families who are struggling financially due to the pandemic.

Around 400 breakfast bags have been distributed to over 200 families with support from MET police officers, who have helped pack and deliver the food. Each bag c...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Girls&rsquo; Academy Bromley featured in the Financial Times]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/87/harris-girls-academy-bromley-featured-in-the-financial-times</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As schools across England closed to the majority of their pupils in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Financial Times spoke to teachers and leaders from Harris Girls&rsquo; Academy Bromley to find out how they have been coping with the sudden move to remote learning.

Like all Harris academies, Harris Girls&rsquo; Academy Bromley was well-prepared to roll-out the switch to virtual lessons...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[3,000 fresh meals delivered to Harris families for the Christmas holidays]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/86/3000-fresh-meals-delivered-to-harris-families-for-the-christmas-holidays</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With thanks to the amazing generosity of the global investment management firm&nbsp;Barings, nearly 3,000 frozen meals have been delivered to the most disadvantaged Harris Federation pupils so that they are guaranteed fresh, healthy and delicious food for the Christmas holidays.&nbsp;

Barings&rsquo; initiative is in support of the&nbsp;Thomas Franks Foundation, which has been delivering meals and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy Bermondsey student wins BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/85/harris-academy-bermondsey-student-wins-bbc-young-sports-personality-of-the-year</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Harris family is incredibly proud of 16-year-old diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix from&nbsp;Harris Academy Bermondsey&nbsp;who has been named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.

Andrea was announced as the winner on Blue Peter and will collect her trophy at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year live show on 20 December.&nbsp;

Andrea, who is a member of&nbsp;Crystal Palace Diving Club,...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Students and staff from Harris Academy St. John&rsquo;s Wood speak to BBC London News about Black History Month]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/80/students-and-staff-from-harris-academy-st-johns-wood-speak-to-bbc-london-news-about-black-history-month</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As Harris academies across London celebrate Black History Month, students and staff from Harris Academy St. John&rsquo;s Wood were interviewed by BBC London News about what this year&#39;s event means to them following the Black Lives Matter protests.

Teachers from the academy discuss how they are ensuing black history is taught year-round by making long-term changes across all subjects. This inc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy Tottenham produce and present Windrush generation documentary]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/79/harris-academy-tottenham-produce-and-present-windrush-generation-documentary</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Students from Harris Academy Tottenham have helped to produce and present a fascinating audio documentary focusing on the contribution of descendants of the Windrush generation who settled in and around Tottenham.

Called N17, local figures interviewed for the documentary include David Lammy MP, England cricketer Mark Alleyne MBE, BAFTA-winning actress Letitia Wright, friends and family of the lat...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Evening Standard visits Harris Academy Peckham, as it reopens after the summer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/78/evening-standard-visits-harris-academy-peckham-as-it-reopens-after-the-summer</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As pupils returned for the start of the new term, Evening Standard journalist Katie Strick visited Harris Academy Peckham to find out what a week is like for Executive Principal Rebecca Hickey and her students.

The article provides a fantastic insight into the happy and successful opening of the school and explains the changes that have been put in place to keep students and staff safe. It also r...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Providing great leadership during Covid-19]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/77/providing-great-leadership-during-covid-19</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Drakes, one of the team of expert primary education consultants in our central team, has written a piece for the magazine&nbsp;Primary School Management about how we have supported the schools in our Federation during the coronavirus crisis.

Read Malcolm&#39;s piece in Primary School Management]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 8 Sep 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Class of 2020 shine in their A Level results and beyond]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/76/class-of-2020-shine-in-their-a-level-results-and-beyond</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In a year with no public examinations and no school for Year 13 since lockdown in March, the Harris Federation&rsquo;s &lsquo;Class of 2020&rsquo; have been the epitome of resilience and patience.

We are so very proud of their achievements. These figures may well rise over the coming days and weeks but, with 2,320 students in the year group, this is where we stand now:


	20% have places at Russe...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Westminster gives unconditional offers to all 'disadvantaged' candidates]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/75/harris-westminster-gives-unconditional-offers-to-all-disadvantaged-candidates</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A day before GCSE results were handed out, and in light of the uncertainty around grades this year, Harris Westminster Sixth Form has changed all offers to students on the pupil premium or who are in-care into unconditional offers. This means they have guaranteed places at the sixth form regardless of their results.

The sixth form was set up as a Free School in collaboration with Westminster Scho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[20 strategies for getting vulnerable pupils into school during lockdown]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/74/20-strategies-for-getting-vulnerable-pupils-into-school-during-lockdown</link>
			<description><![CDATA[All schools, including our own, have grappled with getting as many vulnerable children into school as possible during lockdown. With thanks to Harris Academy Battersea, Harris Boys&rsquo; Academy East Dulwich, Harris Academy Greenwich, Harris Academy St John&rsquo;s Wood, Harris Academy Peckham and Harris Academy Tottenham, here are twenty ideas that have worked for some of our secondary schools...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[#BlackLivesMatter]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/73/blacklivesmatter</link>
			<description><![CDATA[#BlackLivesMatter Harris pupils, staff and parents of all backgrounds have been moved by the horrifying, brutal killing of George Floyd in the US. This has led to a global outcry, with protests around the world.&nbsp; Previously hidden and untalked of issues around racism in the UK have been brought into the mainstream. Because of this, just as we have been saddened, we are also hopeful that the o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris academies donate goggles to local GPs and hospice]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/72/harris-academies-donate-goggles-to-local-gps-and-hospice</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Four Harris academies have donated a thousand pairs of goggles to local healthcare professionals on the frontline of fighting COVID-19.

The goggles are now being used by GP practices across Sutton (having been donated to the&nbsp;Sutton Primary Care Networks) and by&nbsp;St Raphael&rsquo;s Hospice, which is supporting the NHS by offering beds as well as continuing to offer palliative care to pati...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Home Learning at the Harris Federation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/71/home-learning-at-the-harris-federation</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One month into lockdown, Stephen Trask, Computer Science Consultant at the Harris Federation, sets out the progress our academies are making with electronic teaching.

These are unprecedented times. We are in the midst of a new reality, which affects every single member of society, on a global scale. The manner in which we educate our children, and our expectations of them, has shifted enormously...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation creates &pound;350,000 Coronavirus Hardship Fund]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/70/harris-federation-creates-350000-coronavirus-hardship-fund</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Harris Federation has fundraised &pound;350,000 to provide much needed financial support for families during this unprecedented global crisis. There is more information on how the money is being spent in this
Evening Standard&nbsp;article.&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 2 Apr 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[DfE Multi-Academy Trust League Tables 2019]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/68/dfe-multi-academy-trust-league-tables-2019</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Department for Education (DfE) has published its annual league table comparing the Progress 8 and Ebacc scores of multi-academy trusts (MATs) with secondary academies.

2019 was another strong year for the Federation. Overall highlights are:


	Progress 8 across our academies is +0.39. This means our pupils achieved more than 3 grades higher across their GCSEs than they would have done on aver...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ITV London Film at Harris Nursery Hub Peckham]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/67/itv-london-film-at-harris-nursery-hub-peckham</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris Nursery Hub Peckham Officially Opened

On Thursday 6th February Harris Nursery Hub Peckham officially opened. Children unveiled a special plaque to mark the day alongside Lord Harris of Peckham, Chairman of the Harris Federation, and Randeesh Sandhu, whose charity Urban Exposure Philanthropy is funding the nursery.

The nursery, which is open 11 hours a day for 51 weeks of the year, welcome...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation students visited by Lupita Nyong'o as part of 'Words for Work: Women in Leadership' programme]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/66/harris-federation-students-visited-by-lupita-nyong039o-as-part-of-039words-for-work-women-in-leadership039-programme</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This week female students from seven Harris academies were
treated to a surprise visit from Oscar-winning actress and author Lupita Nyong&rsquo;o.

Lupita came to speak to our students as part of the &lsquo;Words for Work: Women in Leadership&rsquo; programme, run by the National Literacy Trust and Lanc&ocirc;me, which aims to improve the literacy skills, leadership abilities and confidence of you...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 4 Feb 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[2020: record-breaking year for Oxbridge offers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/65/2020-record-breaking-year-for-oxbridge-offers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This year, at least 62 students at Harris academies have been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge. A 63rd student, from Harris Academy Battersea, has been guaranteed a place at Boston&rsquo;s MIT, currently ranked the world&rsquo;s top university.

Harris Westminster Sixth Form, our collaboration with Westminster School, has 44 Oxbridge offers. These include 13 for science, with 4 for medicine...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy Chafford Hundred set to support 275 schools across Essex]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Harris Academy Chafford Hundred has been named as one of six new Teaching School Hubs by the Department for Education.

It will be providing expert and tailored support to 275 schools and teachers in Essex. The new Teaching School Hubs are part of the government&rsquo;s strategy to boost standards in schools.

The academy has been a Teaching School for the past four years and has supported hundred...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 9 Jan 2020 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy St. John's Wood Students Attend 'The Future of Education' Conference in Paris]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/63/harris-academy-st-johns-wood-students-attend-the-future-of-education-conference-in-paris</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, students from Harris Academy St. John&rsquo;s Wood attended the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development&rsquo;s (OECD) The Future of Education: Where do we go from here? conference in Paris.

The conference, which was jointly organised by the Forum of World Education, brought together education and business leaders from across the globe.

Oliver and Kisha from Ha...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Westminster Sixth Form named The Sunday Times Sixth Form of the Year]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/62/harris-westminster-sixth-form-named-the-sunday-times-sixth-form-of-the-year</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris Westminster Sixth Form has been named &lsquo;Sixth Form College of the Year&rsquo; by The Sunday Times.

It also ranks fourth nationally among sixth-form specialists for its results which have improved every year since it opened in 2014.

Harris Westminster Sixth Form gives priority to disadvantaged teenagers from in and around London who show high academic potential. The Sunday Times descr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The students who made it to Oxbridge against the odds]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/61/the-students-who-made-it-to-oxbridge-against-the-odds</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&lsquo;The Harris academies pull out all the stops to get disadvantaged students into top universities&rsquo;.

In October, six of our inspirational alumni met with The Times to talk about their journeys from Harris academies to Oxford and Cambridge.

Two of the students attended the Harris Westminster Sixth Form, which opened in 2014 and prioritises for places disadvantaged pupils who show high a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 6 Dec 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thank you to the 4,500 staff who attended our 2019 conference at ExCel London.&amp;nbsp;The video below captures some of the highlights from the event. You can search #ThinkHarris on Twitter to find out more.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;All 4,500 of us in the audience were im]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thank you to the 4,500 staff who attended our 2019 conference at ExCel London.&nbsp;

The video below captures some of the highlights from the event. You can search #ThinkHarris on Twitter to find out more.&nbsp;



All 4,500 of us in the audience were impressed by Natalie and Oscar, Year 13 students at&nbsp;Harris Academy&nbsp;Beckenham, who so confidently compared the event.&nbsp;

Another highl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation - Progress 8 2019]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/60/harris-federation-progress-8-2019</link>
			<description><![CDATA[2019 was another successful year for the Harris Federation as recently released school league tables show that we remain the top-performing large Multi-Academy Trust &nbsp;(10+ schools) for Progress 8.

Progress 8&nbsp;is the measure of the&nbsp;progress&nbsp;a child makes between the end of primary school and the end of secondary school.

22 Harris secondary academies were included in these resul...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation GCSE Results 2019]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/58/harris-federation-gcse-results-2019</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris academies in London and Essex are celebrating our twelfth consecutive year of fantastic GCSE results.&nbsp;

With 4,500 Year 11 students receiving results across 23 Harris academies, our estimated average Progress 8 is around +0.4. This translates to each pupil achieving four GCSE grades higher than students with similar starting points at other schools.&nbsp;

Between them, our Year 11 stu...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Level results 2019]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/57/a-level-results-2019</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all 2,000 students collecting A Level results at our academies today. 2019 was another very successful year for sixth formers in the Harris Federation.

At the Harris Federation Sixth Form, which encompasses ten of our academies, many students have been placed at top universities including Oxford, UCL and Warwick. We&rsquo;re also proud to have students going on to an array of t...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation and Urban Exposure Philanthropy to open free nurseries in disadvantaged areas]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/56/harris-federation-and-urban-exposure-philanthropy-to-open-free-nurseries-in-disadvantaged-areas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Building on its track record in social mobility, the Harris Federation has raised private sponsorship to be able to open the first in a series of completely free nurseries in disadvantaged areas of London.&nbsp; With charitable backing from Urban Exposure Philanthropy, the first of the nurseries will open this September in Peckham, where the Harris Federation already operates two primary schools a...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Britain is less elitist than it was but there is still a long way to go]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/55/britain-is-less-elitist-than-it-was-but-there-is-still-a-long-way-to-go</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Sutton Trust&rsquo;s recent report &ndash; on the privately-educated dominating prestigious jobs&nbsp;by a scale of five to one &ndash; is an important read. The study highlights how critical an independent school education was twenty years ago, especially for those now at the top of their chosen career paths. This isn&rsquo;t, however, particularly surprising. Back then, education in this cou...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 3 Jul 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Ockendon Academy will join the Harris Federation in September 2019.The school is already an academy, having converted in 2011. By joining the Harris Federation it will benefit from a great deal of focused support as it seeks to transform the education]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/53/the-ockendon-academy-will-join-the-harris-federation-in-september-2019the-school-is-already-an-academy-having-converted-in-2011-by-joining-the-harris-federation-it-will-benefit-from-a-great-deal-of-focused-support-as-it-seeks-to-transform-the-education</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Ockendon Academy will join the Harris Federation in September 2019. The school is already an academy, having converted in 2011. By joining the Harris Federation it will benefit from a great deal of focused support as it seeks to transform the education on offer to students. &nbsp; The Harris Federation has been involved in education in Thurrock since 2011 when Harris Academy Chafford Hundred o...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Welcoming Stormzy to Harris Academy Tottenham]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/52/welcoming-stormzy-to-harris-academy-tottenham</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Pupils and staff at Harris Academy Tottenham were thrilled, honoured and excited to welcome Michael Omari (the rapper Stormzy) to open their new sports hall.

The &pound;6 million new sports hall is a first-class facility for pupils at the academy and the wider community in Haringey to enjoy.&nbsp;

Michael is a former student of Harris Academy South Norwood, where Harris Academy Tottenham Princip...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 2 May 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[National performance tables 2018: Harris Federation the top performing large multi-academy trust]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/51/national-performance-tables-2018-harris-federation-the-top-performing-large-multi-academy-trust</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Department for Education has released the latest national performance tables. These show how individual schools and multi-academy trusts performed in 2018.

What do the results tell us?


	The Harris Federation is the top-performing large MAT for Progress 8
	With an overall Progress 8 score of +0.49, the Harris Federation is the top-performing large multi-academy trust (MAT) and is ranked four...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The schools reversing the languages decline]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/50/the-schools-reversing-the-languages-decline</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The TES has identified the Harris Federation academies as being among a &lsquo;minority of schools that significantly increased languages uptake despite national decline&rsquo;.

They spoke to Harris Academy Bermondsey Principal, Rebecca lles-Smith, as well as the Harris Federation&rsquo;s lead MFL consultant, David Shanks.

Rebecca lles-Smith commented that being in a deprived area should be no b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris pupils and teachers featured in the Times Magazine]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[&lsquo;Teenage Knife Crime &ndash; how the Harris academies are fighting back&rsquo;

In November, the Times visited Harris Academy Tottenham, Harris Boys&rsquo; Academy East Dulwich and Harris Academy South Norwood to speak to students, parents and staff about the rising levels of knife crime across London.

The article was featured as the front-page story of their Saturday magazine.

Read the ar...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sutton Trust Chain Effect Report]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/48/sutton-trust-chain-effect-report</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The latest in the Sutton Trust series of Chain Effect reports has found that the Harris Federation is one of just three academy trusts where the achievement of disadvantaged pupils is &lsquo;significantly above average&rsquo;.

This report concludes a five year series by the Sutton Trust looking at the impact of academy trusts on the education and life chances of disadvantaged pupils. The Harris F...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred judged 'Outstanding']]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/46/harris-primary-academy-chafford-hundred-judged-outstanding</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred is celebrating after being judged &lsquo;Outstanding&rsquo; by Ofsted. The primary academy scored Ofsted&rsquo;s top grade across all five categories looked at during the inspection, including quality of teaching and outcomes for pupils.

The academy replaced Chafford Hundred Primary school in 2012. This is the first time in its 16-year history that the scho...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[11th Harris Federation Conference]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/45/11th-harris-federation-conference</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you to the 4,000 staff who attended our 2018 conference at ExCel London. The video below captures some of the highlights from the morning session, where our Senior Executive Principal &amp;&nbsp;CEO Sir Dan Moynihan addressed the room on what Harris academies are doing to mend 'the broken social elevator' in London. &nbsp;  &nbsp; We are grateful to Grace and Peter, Year 13 students at Harri...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sir Dan Moynihan talks to Channel 4 News about national underachievement of white working class students.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/44/sir-dan-moynihan-talks-to-channel-4-news-about-national-underachievement-of-white-working-class-students</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;  "Very few people in the middle class elites prioritise white, working class achievement. It's not fashionable."  Sir Dan Moynihan, Senior Executive Principal &amp; CEO of the Harris Federation, says white, working class students need more representation at top universities. pic.twitter.com/B7TDHHGgNq Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) August 17, 2018]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sprinter shows the fast track to success at Harris Academy Peckham]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/43/sprinter-shows-the-fast-track-to-success-at-harris-academy-peckham</link>
			<description><![CDATA[World champion GB sprinter Adam Gemili has visited students at Harris Academy Peckham.

He gave the whole school a motivational talk during assembly before putting a group of students through their paces on the academy&rsquo;s running track.

He talked to the students about the importance of perseverance and how he turned his passion for sport into a career whilst also studying for a degree in spo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[GCSE Results 2018]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/42/gcse-results-2018</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all our students and staff on another fantastic set of GCSE results. We are very pleased to share our provisional figures.

This year, we had over 3,000 GCSE students. 71% achieved at least a Grade 4 in English and maths, an increase of three percentage points on last year. 33% achieved at least a Grade 4 in all of their English Baccalaureate subjects.

We are delighted that, ac...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Alumni Stormzy joins students for A Level Results Day]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/40/harris-alumni-stormzy-joins-students-for-a-level-results-day</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Former Harris student and BRIT award-winning musician Stormzy joined students from across the Harris Federation Sixth Form as they received their A Level results.

He spent the morning at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, where he congratulated students on their results and discussed their future plans. He also enjoyed reminiscing with his former teachers about his years as a student at Harris A...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Level Results 2018]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/41/a-level-results-2018</link>
			<description><![CDATA[2018 was a fantastic year for sixth form outcomes across the Harris Federation.

We maintained our year on year performance, despite tougher new A Levels.&nbsp;On average, students scored 30.6 points per entry. 13.4% of entries achieved A or A*&nbsp;grades.&nbsp;

A number of our students took Advanced Vocational courses and the average grade was a Distinction.

On strength of these results,&nbsp;...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Aspire in The Times]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/39/harris-aspire-in-the-times</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris Academy Aspire, written by Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thompson in The Times, &lsquo;is proof that it is possible to take children who have failed in mainstream education and turn them around.&rsquo;

Disruptive in class, rude to teachers, playing truant and excluded from his previous school - Harris Aspire turns around the lives of students like Joseph.


&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve done more in a ye...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation tops new league table for primary and secondary]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/38/harris-federation-tops-new-league-table-for-primary-and-secondary</link>
			<description><![CDATA[New research from the Education Policy Institute has concluded that the Harris Federation is among the top performing schools groups for the impact we have on the attainment of pupils in our primary and secondary academies.&nbsp;

The research establishes the relative effectiveness of academy trusts and local authorities in primary and secondary education. The study measures the impact of school q...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mayor of London Visits Harris Academy Peckham]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/37/mayor-of-london-visits-harris-academy-peckham</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sadiq Khan joined staff and pupils at Harris Academy Peckham to launch &lsquo;Sport Unites&rsquo;, a new programme that uses that power of sport to increase social integration and improve participation in sport.

During his visit to the Academy, the Mayor met with pupils taking part in the innovative Netball 4 Change programme &ndash; a Comic Relief funded project that uses the rules and the game...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy Battersea Rated 'Outstanding']]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/36/harris-academy-battersea-rated-outstanding</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris Academy Battersea is the latest Harris Federation academy to receive an &lsquo;Outstanding&rsquo; rating following an Ofsted inspection.&nbsp;

Rated &lsquo;Inadequate&rsquo; when it joined the Harris Federation just over three years ago, this year&rsquo;s school performance tables placed Harris Academy Battersea as the highest performing school in Wandsworth and ranked it as one of the top...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy Sutton set to compete with grammar schools]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/34/harris-academy-sutton-set-to-compete-with-grammar-schools</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to the Times, Harris Academy Sutton are expected to take on grammar schools once they open in September 2018. Within their article, they begin to mention&nbsp;the extraordinary opportunities available at this &lsquo;specialist science secondary&rsquo;.&nbsp;

To read more on this article, please click here.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Five Harris academies to battle it out in National Engineering Competition]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/35/five-harris-academies-to-battle-it-out-in-national-engineering-competition</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Young future engineers and scientists from five Harris academies will be heading to Harris Academy St. John&rsquo;s Wood on 8th March to compete in a heat of The Faraday Challenge, a demanding national engineering-based competition. The Faraday Challenge is an exciting initiative by the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) aimed at encouraging more young people to study and consider excit...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation tops school performance tables]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/33/harris-federation-tops-school-performance-tables</link>
			<description><![CDATA[School league tables show Harris Federation is top performing large multi-academy trust Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, says Harris Federation is &lsquo;leading the way&rsquo; New school performance tables published by the Department for Education&nbsp;place the Harris Federation of 44 schools as the top performing large multi-academy trust (MAT) in England.  Secondary Performance Comparison Table Pr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Westminster Sixth Form named as one of the best state secondary schools in 2018]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/32/harris-westminster-sixth-form-named-as-one-of-the-best-state-secondary-schools-in-2018</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harris Westminster Sixth Form named as one of the best state secondary schools in 2018

Harris Westminster Sixth Form were recently named as one of the best state secondary schools in 2018 according to The Tatler Magazine. They were given high praises throughout, crediting both the students and Principal, James Handscombe. Tatler defined the Sixth Form as &lsquo;A Westminster education without the...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Work begins on the new building for Harris Academy Sutton]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/31/work-begins-on-the-new-building-for-harris-academy-sutton</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Building work has officially started on Harris Academy Sutton&rsquo;s state-of-the-art building.

Harris Academy Sutton is a key component of The London Cancer Hub, and will offer local families an excellent education in close proximity to world-class scientific research. The new academy building will be completed in September 2019, eventually catering for 1,275 students.

The academy will be welc...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy South Norwood students take part in new Jamie Oliver campaign to ban energy drinks]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/30/harris-academy-south-norwood-students-take-part-in-new-jamie-oliver-campaign-to-ban-energy-drinks</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Students from Harris Academy South Norwood featured in Friday Night Feast on 5th January on Channel 4&nbsp; which launched a new Jamie Oliver campaign to ban the sale of energy drinks to under 16s.&nbsp;

Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Docherty joined pupils at Harris Academy South Norwood, which banned energy drinks from being consumed in school last year, to find out first-hand the effects of these drin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sir Dan Moynihan writes for the TES]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/84/sir-dan-moynihan-writes-for-the-tes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;autonomy is at the heart of our success&rdquo; Writing for the TES, Harris Senior Executive Principal &amp; CEO Sir Dan Moynihan argues that the autonomy of our Principals is at the heart of the Federation&rsquo;s success.&nbsp; Read the article on the TES website.&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Times reports on Harris Experience]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/83/the-times-reports-on-harris-experience</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;It may well be that a student who would not otherwise have the opportunity to attend the opera will gain cultural polish that is one day useful in an interview for a place at Oxford or a job at a management consultancy. &nbsp;More than that, though, it is quite possible that a student, perhaps many students, will have their ears opened and their imagination captured and discover a thing of...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Academy South Norwood's Mandarin curriculum makes national news]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/81/harris-academy-south-norwoods-mandarin-curriculum-makes-national-news</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The South London Academy with Mandarin on the agenda

The Telegraph has published an article praising the way Harris Academy South Norwood has incorporated Mandarin into their curriculum.


Read The Telegraph Article]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harris Federation becomes a London Maths Hub]]></title>
			<link>http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk/50/harris-highlights/post/82/harris-federation-becomes-a-london-maths-hub</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Harris Federation is part of a&nbsp;national network of &lsquo;Maths Hubs&rsquo; which&nbsp;creates a&nbsp;&nbsp; model for teaching maths. There are 40&nbsp;Maths Hubs in total and the scheme is being backed with funding from the Department for Education in order to help children and teenagers in UK schools match the standards of maths achieved in top-performing East Asian countries.&nbsp;&nb...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 7 Jul 2014 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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