At Harris Primary Academy Kent House, we believe that happiness is the key to success. Our children work within a happy and caring environment where their individual needs are met and talents nurtured.
Our aim is that all of our children enjoy success at primary school, so we set high expectations and provide support to ensure they receive the best education.
We are pleased that the hard work and dedication of our staff team was recognized by OFSTED when they visited us in May 2016. We were graded 'Outstanding' in all areas. You can read the full report if you click here.
What the inspection team, and all visitors to our school, noticed was that the children at HPAKH are its best ambassadors. It is their school, and the adults who work here do so to enable them to be the best they can be.
Our academy is a member of the Harris Federation, a group of 44 primary and secondary academies in and around London educating some 30,000 young people. The Harris Federation Teaching School Alliance enables us not only to train and develop teachers and leaders in our academies but also to do so for other schools. Each academy is led and run by its Principal and other senior leaders: we are deliberately a federation rather than a chain. What unites us is a culture that ensures the children and teenagers in our schools get an excellent education within a happy, caring, and supportive environment.
As a result of this, all Harris academies so far to have been inspected by Ofsted have been rated either ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ with the vast majority being Outstanding. Many of these academies replaced schools previously considered to have been failing.
The Harris Federation has been recognized as a top performer by education researchers at the Department for Education, Sutton Trust, and Education Policy Institute as well as Watchsted and PwC.
We are a not-for-profit charity created by Lord Harris of Peckham. He and his family take an active interest in every Harris academy, supporting us financially and with their time.
Whatever a child’s background or starting point, we want to make sure that they finish Year 6 with the academic skills, social skills, and knowledge necessary to succeed. Every lesson at our school is creative and there is plenty of time for children to think, to play, to discover and wonder.
Each child is taught in the way that suits them best and we step in quickly if a change is needed. For some children, this might involve one-to-one support if they are finding something difficult and for others, it could mean stretching them more to keep them interested.
Our Academy is relaxed and comfortable but pupils know that good behavior is expected of them. They are frequently praised and rewarded for trying their best and for being kind, hard-working, and well-behaved.
We want the Academy to feel friendly and welcoming and we always make sure that every pupil has at least one friend. Our children are taught to respect each other and their teachers. There is a zero-tolerance approach to any type of bullying.
