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Harris named ‘Trust of the Year’ at the TES Schools Awards 2025 for our life-changing impact & exceptional outcomes

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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

Engines of Innovation

Harris has “improved the lives of thousands of my young constituents.” Siobhain McDonagh, MP

Improved lives

“Behaviour is impeccable... It’s the behaviour you see when every pupil is thinking.” Schools Week

Behaviour Schools Week

“I loved learning, I loved studying. My school shaped me to be who I am today.” Musician Stormzy on his Harris education

Stormzy

Welcome

The Harris Federation is an education charity led and run by teachers. We opened our first school in 1991 and now run 55 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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Harris Federation October Conference 2024

Harris Federation October Conference 2024

Meet our Alumni: Shea Williams

Meet our Alumni: Shea Williams

Meet our Governors - Selva

Meet our Governors - Selva

Claiming the Future, Beating the Odds: Harris Conference 2024

Claiming the Future, Beating the Odds: Harris Conference 2024

Meet our Alumni: Christine Obijiaku

Meet our Alumni: Christine Obijiaku

Meet our Alumni: Dr Shko Resool

Meet our Alumni: Dr Shko Resool

Fighting Educational Inequality: Harris Conference 2024

Fighting Educational Inequality: Harris Conference 2024

Meet our Alumni: Ruben Elendo

Meet our Alumni: Ruben Elendo

Harris Sixth Form Promotional Film

Harris Sixth Form Promotional Film

Meet our Governors - Hannah

Meet our Governors - Hannah

Meet our Governors - Deepti

Meet our Governors - Deepti

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GCSE Results 2025: Congratulations Year 11!

GCSE Results 2025: Congratulations Year 11!

Once again, our secondary Academies have achieved a superb set of GCSE results. 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. Today our Harris students have proved that through hard work, determination and drive, i...

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Congratulations Class of 2025: Another Exceptional...

Congratulations Class of 2025: Another Exceptional Year of A Level Results!

There were celebrations across the Harris Federation’s Sixth Forms today as over 3,000 students collected their A Level results. 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. &...

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Harris Federation Named Trust of the Year at TES Schools Awa...

Harris Federation Named Trust of the Year at TES Schools Awards

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 gal...

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HARRIS FEDERATION WINS PRESTIGIOUS EMPLOYABILITY AWARD

HARRIS FEDERATION WINS PRESTIGIOUS EMPLOYABILITY AWARD

The Harris Federation is pleased to have been awarded the MESMA Quality Collaboration and Employability Award at the Quality Professional Awards for Further Education and Employability. The Award recognises the Federation’s trailblazing partnership with

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Closing the Gap: Harris Students from Disadvantaged Backgrou...

Closing the Gap: Harris Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds Make As Much Progress as Non-Disadvantaged Students Nationally

Following the publication of the Department for Education’s validated Performance Tables for Summer 2024 this week, we are pleased to reveal the positive impact of a Harris education on our students – particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. The tables, which...

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Harris Clapham Sixth Form Judged Outstanding In All Areas By...

Harris Clapham Sixth Form Judged Outstanding In All Areas By Ofsted

In November 2024, Harris Clapham Sixth Form received its first ever Ofsted inspection at which it was judged to be an ‘Outstanding’ sixth form. It joins a small group of ‘Outstanding’ Further Education providers, with only 10% nationally achieving this grading. Since opening just over three years ago in the middle of the pandemic, Harris...

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Harris Principals and senior leaders talk to the TES about h...

Harris Principals and senior leaders talk to the TES about how we are supporting persistently absent pupils to successfully return to school

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

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Joining the Harris Federation

Joining the Harris Federation

A guide for standalone schools and trusts

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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Training & Careers

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

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Harris Institute

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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.

Chinese Language Teaching

Climate Emergency Challenge

Harris Experience

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Senior Executive Principal & CEO Sir Daniel Moynihan EdD, MA, BSc (Econ)

4th Floor Norfolk House, Wellesley Rd, Croydon, England, Company number - 06228587, CR0 1LH

@HarrisFed - Aug 21, 2025

Congratulations to our Year 11 students who have achieved excellent #GCSE outcomes today! We are particularly pleased to have closed the attainment gap for our socio-economically disadvantaged students demonstrating the value of a Harris education: https://t.co/k4OsOZFLHA pic.twitter.com/7BrWbPfwjA

@HarrisFed - Aug 19, 2025

Harris Westminster students gained 42 Oxbridge places between them this year - in addition another 22 gained places at @imperialcollege (in some ways even more competitive). Congratulations to all! @HarrisFed

@HarrisFed - Aug 14, 2025

Congratulations Class of 2025! Across our Federation Sixth Forms, our students have achieved exceptional results.https://t.co/zoZpZ3oUYS#ALevelResultsDay2025 pic.twitter.com/nnOuFQo49B

@HarrisFed - Aug 14, 2025

Congratulations to the Class of 2025! Across our Federation's Sixth Forms, we have achieved exceptional results.https://t.co/zoZpZ3oUYS#ALevelResultsDay2025

@HarrisFed - Aug 14, 2025

Huge congratulations to Margot, who secured a place at University of Oxford to read the History of Art. Margot has been an exceptional student at HGAED since Y7 and is an inspiration to all! Well done Margot! 💫 pic.twitter.com/E1z6x3Yw4y

@HarrisFed - Aug 14, 2025

🎉Congratulations to Angelina, Kidus and Danny from Harris Westminster Sixth Form on their fantastic results! They will now be taking up places @UniofOxford, @Cambridge_Uni and @KeeleUniversity pic.twitter.com/32k7e1TG0w

@HarrisFed - Aug 14, 2025

🎉Congratulations Dami! Having moved to the UK only two years ago, Dami will soon be taking up a place to study Medicine @Bruneluni after achieving outstanding results today. pic.twitter.com/ufaacGNOSX

@HarrisFed - Aug 14, 2025

Year 13 students are celebrating another record year of outstanding A Level results. For the second year running, A Level grades improved by a full grade in comparison to the previous year. @HarrisFed #alevelresults #alevelresults2025 #alevels #resultsdayhttps://t.co/zrsz2ICodg pic.twitter.com/IcuWaw03mQ

@HarrisFed - Aug 14, 2025

🎊 Congratulations to Our Amazing Students on their A Level Results!💫 We are incredibly proud of all our students. Your hard work, determination, and resilience have truly paid off. Well done! You did it! #ALevelResultsDay #ProudMoment #Classof2025 #congratulations pic.twitter.com/ZMWXJRt53A

@HarrisFed - Aug 10, 2025

CRYSTAL PALACE ARE THE 2025 COMMUNITY SHIELD WINNERS ❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/dXhwOVGbSZ

@HarrisFed - Jul 18, 2025

Congratulations! https://t.co/IXSd8nO8lp

@HarrisFed - Jul 18, 2025

We wish our students and families a wonderful summer break #SummerVibes & look forward to welcoming our new students to the Harris family in September. Here's a short look at how amazing we all are! https://t.co/rGdT2TfCEd

@HarrisFed - Jul 18, 2025

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@HarrisFed - Jul 17, 2025

We’d also like to extend our deepest thanks to @THBSquareMile for their generous donation of hygiene products for our students. Your kindness and support are truly appreciated!@HarrisFed #CommunitySupport #ThankYou pic.twitter.com/pYs9JsDd7q

@HarrisFed - Jul 17, 2025

HAP Open Events @AngelOak_AC @KenderSchool @LyndhurstSE5 @SurreySqSchool @HPAEastDulwich @GGPrimarySchool @Ggibbonsps @lucasvaleps @dalmainschool @PrimaryRobert @keyworthprimary @SouthwarkParkPS @SJSCPrimary @birdinbushSE15 @MyattGarden pic.twitter.com/4eX0EVL8dy

@HarrisFed - Jul 10, 2025

Our Sixth Form Induction is tomorrow, July 11th. Students should arrive from 0900 and the day will end around 1315. We can't wait to see you! #SixthForm#HGABR#Induction 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓🧑‍🎓🏫 pic.twitter.com/TcwonsYyuF

@HarrisFed - Jul 9, 2025

Steel Pans playing #luther Classical music! Soloists, Choir. Y5 electric guitar solo! The talent in our schools is amazing! Congrats to all of you, what wonderful performances. #Harris #music pic.twitter.com/TjYEnwK9KV

@HarrisFed - Jul 9, 2025

Harris Fed Inaugural Concert 🎵 🎶 pic.twitter.com/piesVNSrzt

@HarrisFed - Jul 9, 2025

Last month our Early Career Framework (ECF) programme was assessed by @Ofstednews as ‘Outstanding’ overall, with headlines including: ✅The programme “...exemplifies the best of school-led professional development and shapes a generation of reflective, committed ECTs.” ✅A… pic.twitter.com/TNZ7A7CKwv

@HarrisFed - Jul 8, 2025

#SaveTheDate - HAO Open Events pic.twitter.com/pVZ1GRZK6P

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