Harris Academy Bromley

Harris Girls' Academy Bromley, originally Cator Park School for Girls, is a secondary school located in North Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley. The academy takes in girls between the ages of 11 and 18 and in 2011 the school joined a federation of academies in South London called the Harris Federation named after the Lord Harris of Peckham who is sponsoring them.

Harris Girls' Academy Bromley
Address
Lennard Road

Beckenham
,
London
,
BR3 1QR

United Kingdom
Coordinates51°24′59″N 0°02′30″W
Information
TypeConverter academy
MottoAll can;we will
Established1919
Department for Education URN137379 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalSamuel Rigby
GenderGirls, Co-educational Sixth Form
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1176
Houses     Blue
     Red
     Green
     yellow
Websitehttp://www.harrisbromley.org.uk/

History

Harris Girls' Academy Bromley, previously known as Cator Park School for Girls, opened in 1919. In World War 1 the school was used as a hospital for many injured soldiers in the Beckenham/Bromley vicinity.

2012 was a historic year for the school with the best ever GCSE results where 66% of girls gained 5 GCSEs A*-C including English and mathematics.

The sixth form joined the Harris Federation Post 16 in September 2012. The Academy plans major improvements in facilities with a new build set for completion in September 2017.

Harris Federation
Main article: Harris Federation

Harris Federation is a federation of Primary and Secondary academies in and around London. There are currently 27 open academies in the federation and another 8 are planned. The schools spread over a range of boroughs, some being the London Borough of Croydon, London Borough of Southwark, London Borough of Bexley, Borough of Thurrock, London Borough of Merton, London Borough of Bromley, City of Westminster and more...

The academies' sponsor is Phil Harris (Lord Harris of Peckham), the chairman and chief executive of Carpetright. The federation is a not-for-profit charitable organisation whose stated key aim is "to promote the education of young people in South London". The group is generally oversubscribed in most of its Academies, particularly Harris City Academy Crystal Palace with an average of 1,500 applicants for 200 spaces.

The Chief Executive Officer is Sir Daniel Moynihan, previously Principal of the Harris City Academy Crystal Palace. He is the full-time CEO at the Harris Federation Headquarters in Croydon. The Federation aims to grow to 25 or more Primary and Secondary Academies in the next few years.

On 18 February 2011 it was announced that Kelsey Park Sports College (Harris Academy Beckenham) and Cator Park School (Harris Academy Bromley) would convert into Harris Academies for September 2011, the first Harris Academies to open in the London Borough of Bromley.

Faculty Structure

Under the Harris Federation the previous House system was overhauled to be known as a Faculty structure which is seen in all Harris Academies. The four faculties are now Blue, Yellow, Red and Green which are made up of different subject areas under the leadership of an Assistant Principal.

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