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Harris Garrard Academy

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Harris Garrard Academy
Location
Yarnton Way, Thamesmead

Erith
,
Greater London
,
DA18 4DW

England
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Information
Former nameBusiness Academy Bexley
TypeAcademy
Established2002 (2002)
Local authorityBexley London Borough Council
TrustHarris Federation
Department for Education URN145140 Tables
OfstedReports
Executive principalWayne Barnett[1]
GenderMixed
Age range4–18
Enrolment1,430 (2023)[2]
Capacity1,780[2]
Websitewww.harrisgarrard.org.uk

Harris Garrard Academy (formerly Business Academy Bexley) is a 4–18 mixed, all-through school and sixth form with academy status in Thamesmead, Erith, Greater London, England. It was established in 2002 and is now part of the Harris Federation.

History

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Business Academy Bexley was established in 2002 as a city academy, a secondary school under the sponsorship of 3E's Enterprises (later acquired by GEMS Education),[3][4] and property developer David Garrard, chairman of the Minerva group, who donated £2.5 million.[5][6]

The school relocated to dedicated premises in September 2003 and the primary school section opened in 2004. As of 2007 the total enrollment was 1,477.[7]

The school was constructed on a 33-acre (130,000 m2) site at a cost of £31m. Architect Norman Foster designed the building, which was nominated for the 2004 Stirling Prize, and some parts have been compared to "a smart City office".[8]

However the academy did not make the progress expected[9] and by 2007 was languishing at the bottom of the School League tables for Bexley. In 2008 GCSE results and value added placed it ahead of a number of other non-selective schools in Bexley.

In 2010 the school had a deficit of £500,000, largely for repairs to the "incredibly expensive to run" seven-year-old building, but also to attract staff. The school had had a high turnover of headteachers and pupil enrolment had fallen to about 1,100 exacerbating the deficit.[10]

On 25 September 2011 The Business Academy Bexley was featured on Channel 4's programme 'Derren Brown: How to be a Psychic Spy'.

The school was placed into special measures during an Ofsted inspection on 11 and 12 May 2016.[11]

Due to the school's poor Ofsted inspection, the Harris Federation took over the school and renamed it the Harris Garrard Academy from January 2017.[12] After joining the Federation the primary school section was granted a Literacy specialism.[13]

The academy is now rated as Good in all areas by Ofsted, which comments that the school has 'very high expectations of what its pupils will achieve',[14] and is one of the most improving schools in the Bexley local authority for progress.[15]

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