Harris Academy Beckenham

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Harris Academy Beckenham
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Address
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Manor Way

Beckenham
,
Greater London
,
BR3 3SJ

England
Coordinates51°23′57″N 0°01′33″W / 51.399186°N 0.025856°W / 51.399186; -0.025856Coordinates: 51°23′57″N 0°01′33″W / 51.399186°N 0.025856°W / 51.399186; -0.025856
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoAspire, Discover, Achieve
Established1968
TrustHarris Federation
Department for Education URN137121 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalCiara Warnock
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
HousesBlue (Creative Voices)  , Yellow (Global Communications)  , Red (Enterprising Logics)  , Green (Scientific Arts)  
Websitehttp://www.harrisbeckenham.org.uk/

Harris Academy Beckenham (formerly Kelsey Park Sports College) is a secondary school and sixth form located in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley. The academy is run by the Harris Federation.

History[]

Harris Academy Beckenham started life as Alexandra Boys School, in Parish Lane, Penge. The school opened in 1875 and consisted of one room.[1]

In the mid-1950s, it was decided to move to a new school which would be built on the Elgood Playing Fields in Beckenham. However, it took more than 10 years for these plans to become a reality. On 23 April 1968, Kelsey Park School for Boys opened.[1] In 2005 it achieved Sports College status resulting in Kelsey Park changing its identity and renaming to 'Kelsey Park Sports College'.[1]

Harris Federation[]

Main article: Harris Federation

Following growing pressure from local parents in the Beckenham area for a co-educational school a public consultation in February 2011 regarding the future of the school concluded that Kelsey Park Sports College was to become a co-educational academy sponsored by the Harris Federation from September 2011 with the Kelsey Park name being scrapped.[2][3][4] The first co-educational year began in September 2012.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Background: Kelsey Park Sports College Archived July 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Beckenham. "Beckenham School at centre of Harris Academy row deemed 'satisfactory' - News". Bromley Times. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  3. ^ Mills, David (15 October 2010). "Beckenham: Parents demand a Harris academy (From This Is Local London)". Thisislocallondon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Two Harris academies set to open in Bromley" (PDF). Harris Federation. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Harris Academy Beckenham". Harris Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2017.


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