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04/09/25

We are so excited to welcome prospective students and parents to our academy! Our banner is up and we can’t wait to show you what we have to offer. Open Evening: Wed 8th Oct: 4pm - 6pm Open Mornings: Tues 7th, Wed 8th and Thurs 9th Oct: 9:15am to 10am.

03/09/25

The corridors are buzzing again

02/09/25

What a fantastic first day with our new Year 7s

13/07/22

Brilliant to have our own police cadet unit on site! Our first intake of recruits are into week 12 of their training. Next intake in September!

07/07/22

Fantastic trip to China Town for a meal (and to practise our language skills!) and then to the British Museum!

04/07/22

Our Year 8 boys are south region Federation champions!

30/06/22

Official opening today! Very special event with superb speeches from our students in all three of the languages that they study!

27/05/22

Great excitement as we set off for this morning and an added bonus that we got to use the brand new !

25/05/22

What a show! our students had an amazing time!

25/05/22

Our students as language teachers! Thank you for welcoming us and for allowing us to share our knowledge and enjoyment of learning Spanish and Chinese with you!

25/05/22

Thank you to for a very informative session with our students on road safety awareness.

17/05/22

Our amazing students started their work with two weeks ago and we are already in the top 100 schools!

13/05/22

Ten Clapham Credits cashed in for ice

13/05/22

Thank you for a spectacular show this week

31/03/22

Huge congratulations to all our finalists and our first

25/03/22

Great to see so many of our students taking up the offer of learning to play a musical instrument. Well done for modelling The Clapham Commitment and being both curious and tenacious!

18/03/22

Very enriching Globe Theatre visit and workshop for our students this week to support them in their study of The Merchant of Venice.

18/03/22

Speaker building and gnocchi making in design technology for Year 8 today!

18/03/22

Great to welcome to the Lambeth

16/03/22

Great to welcome to the Lambeth

Harris Academies
All Academies in our Federation aim to transform the lives of the students they serve by bringing about rapid improvement in examination results, personal development and aspiration.

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Governance & Scheme of Delegation (Academies)

Harris Academy Clapham is a member of the Harris Federation. Ultimate responsibility for the Academy rests with the Board of Trustees of the Federation (see the Federation governance details and scheme of delegation) but much of the work of the board is delegated to the local governing body (the governors of the Academy).

Some governors are appointed by the Federation whilst others are elected by parents or carers of students at the Academy or by staff. The governing body works together to oversee the development of the academy and has the following key roles and responsibilities:

  • ensure the provision of quality education
  • manage finance and property
  • employ staff
  • fulfil the role of a critical friend
  • recognise and celebrate achievement
  • provide support and encouragement

The scheme of delegation outlines the role of the local governing body and a copy of this is at the bottom of this tab.

Our Chair of Governors is Mr Oliver Barnes and he can be contacted via:

Alice Blackett, Clerk to the Governing Body

Harris Clapham, 33 Clarence Avenue, SW4 8LD or a.blackett@harrisclapham.org.uk

Our local governing body

Name Date of Appointment Term of Office Appointed as Business and Pecuniary Interests Full Governing Body Meetings attended 2024/25
Sir Dan Moynihan

02 July 2024

02 July 2020

 4 years CEO - Harris Federation CEO of Harris Federation Visits discharged through Federation monitoring
Ms Rebecca Hickey 29 March 2022 4 years Director of Secondary - Harris Federation Harris Federation Director of Secondary Education     Trustees Farmington Trust Visits discharged through Federation monitoring
Mr Oliver Barnes

02 July 2024

02 July 2020

 4 years Sponsor Governor     Chair of Governors      Safeguarding & Medical needs Governor None FGB 3/4
Mr Andrew Gibson

02 July 2024

02 July 2020

 4 years Sponsor Governor    Equalities Governor None FGB 4/4
Mrs Beth Hocking

02 July 2024

02 July 2020

 4 years Sponsor Governor Director of Ave Accounting & Valuation Experts FGB 4/4
Mr John Walter

02 July 2024

02 July 2020

 4 years Sponsor Governor SEND Governor None FGB 3/4
Mr Cameron Thompson

25 March 2025

25 March 2021

 4 years Sponsor Governor None FGB 4/4

Ms Nadine Jenoure

 07 February 2022 4 years Parent Governor None  FGB 2/4
Ms Katherine Cumberbatch 01 May 2022 4 years Sponsor Governor Assistant Director of Harris Federation Visits discharged through Federation monitoring
Mr James Handscombe 01 September 2023 4 years Sponsor Governor Executive Principal Monitoring duties discharged through Federation responsibilities

Ms Zoe French

 07 March 2025 4 years Sponsor Governor None FGB 1/1

Mr David Astin

 01 September 2025 4 years Executive Principal None FGB 0/0

Past governors 

Name Date of Appointment Date of Resignation  Term of Office Appointed as Business and Pecuniary Interests Full Governing Body Meetings attended 2024/25
Dr Sam Riches 09 October 2023 13 June 2025 4 years Parent Governor None FGB 3/4

 

Our full governing body meets four times per year. Please see our Governance information via Get Information about Schools here.

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