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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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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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Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich works with Met Police and charity School Food Matters to deliver breakfast to pupils

Over the past month Harris Boys’ 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 hav...

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Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley featured in the Financial Times

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’ Academy Bromley to find out how they have been coping with the sudden move to remote learning. Like all Harris academies, Harris Girls&rsqu...

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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.

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Training & Careers

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

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

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