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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 50 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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School-Led Network NPQ Programmes

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...

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Providing great leadership during Covid-19

Malcolm Drakes, one of the team of expert primary education consultants in our central team, has written a piece for the magazine Primary School Management about how we have supported the schools in our Federation during the coronavirus crisis.

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Harris Academy Tottenham hosts launch event for youth violence reduction programme

This week Harris Academy Tottenham hosted the launch of a new £750,00 violence reduction 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

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Harris Academy St John's Wood approach to driving participation of girls in computing and technology featured in the Guardian

“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.” Two teachers from Harris Academy St John’s Wood – Elizabeth English and Amelia Bryant - spoke to the Guardian about how they have been encoura...

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Genevieve Bent, Associate Assistant Principal of Harris Invictus Academy, features in the Guardian

"Entering a classroom as a student teacher was like turning on a switch" Associate Assistant Principal of Harris Invictus Academy Croydon, Genevieve Bent, is featured in an inspiring piece on teaching in the Guardian. In it she discusses...

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‘A School Built on Ethos’: Principal James Handscome publishes new book about Harris Westminster Sixth Form

James Handscombe, founding principal of Harris Westminster Sixth Form has published a new book, 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 part...

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Harris Academy Tottenham student signs professional contract with Millwall Football Club

Harris Academy Tottenham student Niino Adom-Malaki has signed a two-year professional scholarship with Millwall Football Club. Niino enrolled at Harris Academy Tottenham in 2020 as a Kinetic Scholar, a...

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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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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.

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