Harris Academy South Norwood is a city academy in

South Norwood South Norwood is a district of south-east London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, Greater London and formerly in the historic county of Surrey. It is located 7.8 miles (12.5 km) south-east of Charing Cross, north of Wood ...

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, for students of both sexes aged 11–18. The school was designated as a

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by the Department for Education and Skills when it was formerly called ''Stanley Technical High School''. The re-development of the school was finished in November 2007 as part of the renaming. The school belongs to a federation of schools in South London called the Harris Federation named after

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, the chairman of Carpetright plc. The school is

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, changing its status from boys-only which it had been since the school was founded in 1907. In September 2014, the school amalgamated with Harris Academy Upper Norwood, sharing teachers and a

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campus.

Location

The school is located in

on both the High Street and South Norwood Hill.

History

Harris Academy South Norwood is on the site formerly occupied by The Stanley Technical School for Boys which was founded by

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in 1907 as a trade school (initially called ''Stanley Technical Trade School''). Unlike William Stanley who fully paid for the construction of the school that took his name, it is widely believed that Phil Harris actually contributed in cash terms far less than one million pounds to take control and ownership of the state school. In order to recognise the change and renewal of this school, Phil Harris, Croydon Council and the local community of

agreed that it should be called the Harris Academy at Stanley. In 2006 Harris changed his mind and unilaterally decided that the school should be called the Harris Academy South Norwood. Until Harris went back on his agreement to protect the heritage and culture of South Norwood with the name 'Harris at Stanley' this school scheme was very popular in the community, unlike in Merton where local parents have been up in arms about the conversion of their local school into a Harris Academy.

Features

The Harris Academy includes a new sixth form for 300 pupils offering academic and vocational subjects. At a cost of £32,000,000 overall, the facilities consist of: *A new building *Drama facilities *Art and Design studios *

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across all departments

Harris Federation

The Harris Federation, is a federation of schools in

South London South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames. The region consists of the boroughs, in whole or in part, of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richmond, Southwark, Sut ...

. They are all sponsored by the Lord Harris of Peckham, hence the name. The boroughs included are

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, Merton and

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Alumni and staff

*Krept, musician, half of

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player *

Stormzy Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy, is a British rapper, singer and songwriter. In 2014, he gained attention on the UK underground music scene through his ''Wicked Skengman'' series of f ...

, rapper *Swift, musician and member of Section Boyz *

Jamie Webb Jamie Webb (born 1 June 1994) is a British athlete who won the silver medal at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in the 800 metres. He won a bronze medal at the same Championships in 2021 in Torún, Poland. Outside of athletics he ...

(staff), international athlete *

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, Musician *

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, media entrepreneur and Member of the House of Lords (''attended as Stanley Technical College'')

References

External links

Harris Academy South NorwoodHarris FederationCroydon Council
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Academies in the London Borough of Croydon Educational institutions established in 1907 Secondary schools in the London Borough of Croydon 1907 establishments in England