- Harris Academy Falconwood
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name = Harris Academy Falconwood
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established = 2008
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Ms Terrie Askew
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street = The Green, Welling, DA16 2PE
city = Bexley
county =London
country =England
postcode = SE19 2JH
LEA =London Borough of Bexley
ofsted = 135311
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enrollment = 800
gender = Mixed
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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website = http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk
website_name = Federation Site"'Harris Academy Falconwood is a
city academy inSouth Norwood ,London ,England . The school is a mixed gender school and accepts students based on various mental attributes.Background
The academy opened in September 2008. The Principal, Terrie Askew was formally the Head of Academy at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace for the past 28 years. She is joined by one of Harris best assistant principal, Edward Evans, who will become Harris Falconwood's Vice Principal.
Year Structure
Each year in the College, excluding Post 16, is divided into 4 faculties: Arts, Communications, Science & Maths, and Technology. There are 2 tutor groups in each faculty consisting of approximately 20-25 students in each. In Year 7 all lessons are done in tutor groups, except Design & Technology and
Maths , but in Year 8 the Core Subjects are mixed on ability between Science & Technology and Arts & Communication. In Year 9 French and History-Geography are split similarly. In Year 10, once the students have chosen their subjects, the compulsory subjects are mixed between the whole year-group into 7 sets.Harris Federation
In September 2007 Harris CTC was integrated into the
Harris Federation . This Federation was set up by the sameLord Harris of Peckham and has been set-up as a coalition of several secondary schools inCroydon andSouthwark . These schools also include the former Stanley Technical High School inSouth Norwood . Because of this, Harris CTC changed its name to Harris City Academy Crystal Palace [cite web | title = Harris City Academy Crystal Palace|work = Official webpage | url = http://www.harriscrystalpalace.org.uk/ | accessmonthday = 20 March | accessyear = 2007 ] .External links
* [http://www.harrisctc.org.uk/home/default.asp Harris City Technology College Webpage]
* [http://www.harrisfederation.org.uk Harris Federation Homepage]References
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