Harris Academy Beckenham

Harris Academy Beckenham
Address
Manor Way Beckenham , Greater London , BR3 3SJ England
Coordinates	51°23′57″N 0°01′33″W
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Aspire, Discover, Achieve
Established	1968
Trust	Harris Federation
Department for Education URN	137121 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Ciara Warnock
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11 to 18
Houses	Blue (Franklin)   Yellow (Turing)  Red (Seacole)   Green (Attenborough)
Website	http://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. It was awarded 'Outstanding' in its 2023 Ofsted report.^[1]

History

Harris Academy Beckenham started life as Alexandra Boys School, in Parish Lane, Penge. The school opened in 1875 and consisted of one room.^[2]

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.^[2] In 2005 it achieved Sports College status resulting in Kelsey Park changing its identity and renaming to 'Kelsey Park Sports College'.^[2]

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.^[3][4][5] The first co-educational year began in September 2012.^[6]

References

1. "2023 Ofsted Report". Ofsted. 4 May 2023. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
2. Background: Kelsey Park Sports College Archived July 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. Beckenham. "Beckenham School at centre of Harris Academy row deemed 'satisfactory' - News". Bromley Times. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
4. 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.
5. "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.
6. "Harris Academy Beckenham". Harris Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2017.