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The Harris Federation is a company limited by guarantee and a charitable trust. Responsibility for the academies that make up the trust and for the funds granted by Parliament for providing education in those academies is entrusted to the Board of Trustees.

These Trustees are also the Directors of the company. Much of the work of the Board is delegated to committees; in particular there is a separate committee for each of the academies which works as a Local Governing Body.

The Trust greatly values and supports the work of local Governing Bodies and recognises the significant contribution that excellent local governance can make towards raising standards. In order to assist this, the Trust provides support to local governing bodies with governor recruitment, selection and training. It ensures that local Governing Bodies are well trained and supported by the central Federation team who also report on Key performance indicators and areas of compliance to local academies on a termly basis. This will include an annual report on the performance of key groups of students.

Local Governing Bodies recommend their budgets for approval to the Trust. As well as providing a range of high quality back-up services including school improvement, ICT, HR, project management, PR and legal advice, the Trust also provides strategic oversight of financial control and strategy through the Main Trust Board Finance and Audit Sub Committees.

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Federation Committees

Name	Chair
Finance	Philip Saunders
Audit	Paul Jacobs

Local Governing Bodies

Academy	Chair	Principal
Chobham Academy	Jamie Hewitt	Michael Whitworth
Harris Aspire	Patrick O'Donnell	Andrew Barr
Harris Academy Battersea	Dorothy Deakin-Elliott	Paula Leigh
Harris Academy Beckenham	Karl Hoods	Rebecca Hickey
Harris Academy Bermondsey	Dawn Wright	Rebecca lles-Smith
Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley	Rosalyn Wilton	David Astin
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred	Philippe Udrzal	Nicola Graham
Harris Academy Clapham	Oliver Barnes	Samuel Hainey
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace	Angela Kail	Katherine Cumberbatch
Harris Boys’ Academy East Dulwich	Serita Sleep	Peter Groves
Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich	Serita Sleep	Carrie Senior
Harris Academy Falconwood	Steve Ward	Tom Street
Harris Garrard Academy	Beverley Johnston	Chris Everitt
Harris Academy Greenwich	Koyeli Solanki	George McMillan
Harris Academy Invictus Croydon	Alan Palmer	Lisa Kattenhorn
Harris Academy Merton	Chris Ashton-Holt	Aisha Samad
Harris Academy Morden	Aaron King	Lee Mallin
Harris Academy Ockendon	Elaine Forrest	Jo Rainey
Harris Academy Orpington	Jan Tomlinson	David Astin
Harris Academy Peckham	Jason Keen	Claudette Bergin
Harris Academy Purley	Paul Jacobs	Phillip Wheatley
Harris Academy Rainham	Tina Staples	Gareth Stananought
Harris Academy Riverside	Tim Moore	Andrew Betts
Harris Academy South Norwood	Gavin English	Alex Williamson
Harris Academy St John's Wood	Robert Hewitt	Nick Soar
Harris Academy Sutton	Lord Christopher Terrington	James Fisher
Harris Academy Wimbledon	Robin Jones	Joanne Larizadeh
Harris Academy Tottenham	Amanda Dewinter	Nick Soar
Harris Primary Academy Beckenham	Phil Carr	Beth Rigby Drake
Harris Primary Beckenham Green	Anna-Marie O'Donnell	Sam French
Harris Primary Academy Benson	Matthew Long	Victoria Forbes
Harris Junior Academy Carshalton	Marvin Saverymuthapulle	Claire Hobden
Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred	Ann Slater	Rachel Rai
Harris Primary Academy Coleraine Park	Mario Barosevcic	Joanne Taylor
Harris Primary Academy Croydon	Ron St Louis	Lee Robertson
Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace	Karl Hoods	Daniel Hall
Harris Primary Academy East Dulwich	Serita Sleep	Matt Britt
Harris Primary Academy Haling Park	Dr Nigel Rata	Robert Hyneman
Harris Primary Academy Kenley	Dr Nigel Rata	Scott Palmer
Harris Primary Academy Kent House	Karl Hoods	Rachel Bowern
Harris Primary Academy Mayflower	Ann Slater	Katie Hanley
Harris Primary Academy Merton	Robin Alcock	Victoria Forbes
Harris Primary Academy Orpington	Claire Searle	Matt Britt
Harris Primary Free School Peckham	Claire Lemer	Marie Corbett
Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park	Claire Lemer	Marie Corbett
Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane	Mario Barosevcic	Joanne Taylor
Harris Primary Academy Purley Way	Geoff Payne	Verity Lambert-Dale
Harris Primary Academy Shortlands	Phil Carr	Hannah Tryl
Harris Professional Skills Sixth Form	Patrick O'Donnell	Andrew Barr
Harris Westminster Sixth Form	John Colenutt	James Handscombe

Members of the Trust

Name	Date of Appointment	Business and Pecuniary Interests
Lord Harris of Peckham	26th April 2007	Trustee Bacon’s College and Royal Academy of Arts
Lady Harris	12th February 2021
Peter Harris	12th February 2021

The Trustees (including those who served in 2019-20 but are no longer in office) are:

Name	Date of appointment	Term of office	Appointed as	Business and Pecuniary Interests	Meetings attended 2019/20
Lord Harris of Peckham	01/09/2019	4 years	Sponsor (Chair)	Trustee Bacon’s College and Royal Academy of Arts	3 of 4
Robin Alcock	01/09/2019	4 years	Academy	None	4 of 4
Karl Hoods	01/09/2019	4 years	Academy	None	3 of 4
Angela Kail	01/09/2019	4 years	Academy	None	4 of 4
Timothy Moore	01/09/2019	4 years	Academy	None	4 of 4
Paul Jacobs	01/09/2017	4 years	Academy	None	4 of 4
Sir Dan Moynihan	01/09/2019	4 years	Sponsor	None	4 of 4
Dr Nigel Rata	01/09/2019	4 years	Academy	None	3 of 4
Phil Saunders	01/09/2019	4 years	Academy	Trustee Bacon’s College and Bromley Trust (Help the Aged)	3 of 4
Rosalyn Wilton	01/09/2019	4 years	Academy (Vice Chair)	Director London Hetric Property plc	4 of 4
Dorothy Deakin-Elliot	10/01/2021	4 years	Academy		4 of 4
Phil Carr	01/04/2020	4 years	Academy		3 of 3
Lord Christopher Terrington	01/04/2020	4 years	Academy		3 of 3
Dawn Wright	01/04/2020	4 years	Academy		3 of 3
Anthony Bayon	01/09/2019	4 years (Resigned 31/08/2020)	Academy	None	3 of 4

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The Harris Federation is a company limited by guarantee and a charitable trust. Responsibility for the academies that make up the trust and for the funds granted by Parliament for providing education in those academies is entrusted to the Board of Trustees.

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