Harris Academy Beckenham
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.
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Manor Way , , BR3 3SJ | |
Coordinates | 51°23′57″N 0°01′33″W |
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Type | Academy |
Motto | Aspire, Discover, Achieve |
Established | 1968 |
Trust | Harris Federation |
Department for Education URN | 137121 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Principal | Rebecca Hickey |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Houses | Blue (Creative Voices) , Yellow (Global Communications) , Red (Enterprising Logics) , Green (Scientific Arts) |
Website | http://www.harrisbeckenham.org.uk/ |
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
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
- Background: Kelsey Park Sports College Archived July 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- Beckenham. "Beckenham School at centre of Harris Academy row deemed 'satisfactory' - News". Bromley Times. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- 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.
- "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.
- "Harris Academy Beckenham". Harris Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2017.