Harris academies are setting standards of excellence and fulfilling high expectations
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Harris academies “are engines of innovation and social mobility.” The Times
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Harris has “improved the lives of thousands of my young constituents.” Siobhain McDonagh, MP
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“Behaviour is impeccable... It’s the behaviour you see when every pupil is thinking.” Schools Week
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“I loved learning, I loved studying. My school shaped me to be who I am today.” Musician Stormzy on his Harris education
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The Harris Federation is an education charity led and run by teachers. We opened our first school in 1991 and now run 51 primary and secondary academies in London and Essex, and train thousands of teachers per year from the Harris Federation and beyond.

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Joining the Harris Federation

Joining the Harris Federation

A guide for standalone schools and trusts

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Fiona Hill, the inspirational former US presidential advisor...

Fiona Hill, the inspirational former US presidential advisor, addresses Harris Federation students

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 An...
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New National Institute of Teaching to be led by the Harris F...

New National Institute of Teaching to be led by the Harris Federation with three other successful school trusts

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.  The NIoT will open in September 2022 and be the first of its kind in England. It will ev...
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The School-Led Network

The School-Led Network

Practical, evidence-based leadership development by today’s school leaders, for tomorrow’s school leaders.

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Happy & Successful Education

We have built our reputation on a family of academies that, across the board, are setting standards of excellence and fulfilling high expectations.

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More than the sum of our parts

We are not just individual students, teachers, leaders, support staff and partners giving their best each and every day. Together, we are more. Together, we are making a difference.

Our Role

Training & Careers

We provide world-class training and development for teachers and leaders.

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Harris Initiatives

Find out more about some of the initiatives that are key to a Harris Federation education or career for our pupils and staff.

Affordable Housing for Teachers

Chinese Language Teaching

Climate Emergency Challenge

Diverse Leaders

Harris Experience

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It’s not right and it’s not good enough to accept things as they are.

Our job and our mission, our ambition, is to do so much more.

Sir Dan Moynihan, Chief Executive
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