Harris Federation
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Harris Federation is a federation of Primary and Secondary academies in and around London. There are currently 44 open Harris academies educating 32,000 students The Harris Federation employs 4,400 staff.The academies' sponsor is Phil Harris (Lord Harris of Peckham), former chairman and chief executive of Carpetright. The federation is a not-for-profit charitable organisation. The group is generally oversubscribed in most of its Academies, particularly Harris City Academy Crystal Palace with 2,016 applicants for 180 spaces in 2014.The Chief Executive Officer is Dr Daniel Moynihan, previously Principal of the Harris City Academy Crystal Palace. He is the full-time CEO at the Harris Federation Headquarters in East Croydon.
The majority of Harris academies inspected by Ofsted have been rated 'Outstanding' which is Ofsted's highest rating, with the rest rated 'Good' which is the second highest rating. Some of these, such as Westwood Girls' College and Battersea Park School, now Harris Academy Upper Norwood, and Harris Academy Battersea, were in Ofsted's category of Special Measures before being run by the Harris Federation. An example of the success of the federation is Harris Academy Chafford Hundred who were described as "outstanding" by Ofsted with a score of 30/31.The group of schools is run as a federation rather than a chain and it claims that the autonomy of its Principals, who are 'free to innovate', is at the heart of its success.In 2016, the Department for Education recognised the Harris Federation as a "top performer" in primary and secondary education, when comparing the performance of different multi-academy trusts. In July 2016, researchers at the Education Policy Institute found that "at primary level the Harris Federation is the highest performing school group in England – the improvement it has made is equivalent to pupils making around one and a half times more progress than average".
In 2017, the Harris Federation was recognised by government league tables as being the top performing multi-academy trust (MAT) in England. Commenting on the new performance data, Schools Standards Minister, Nick Gibb, said that the Harris Federation is "leading the way" in delivering excellent results for its pupils.Harris Academies have been criticised for high turnover of staff, whilst also paying CEO Daniel Moynihan in excess of £300,000 a year, and it was the first in the UK whose chief executive earned over £500,000.
