Harris Academy Clapham

What Harris Academy Clapham does

Harris Academy Clapham is a state-funded secondary academy located at 33 Clarence Avenue, Clapham, London (SW4 8LD), serving students from Year 7 through Year 11, with a separate sixth form provision operated under the Harris Clapham Sixth Form brand. The academy opened in September 2020 as a seven-form entry school with a published admissions number (PAN) of 150 students per year group, meaning full capacity will approach 750 students across the secondary phase. It is operated by the Harris Federation, a charitable education trust managing over 50 academies across London, which provides centralised teaching, careers, and sixth-form support services. The school is mixed-ability and co-educational, offering a broad GCSE curriculum supplemented by enrichment activities, student leadership, careers education, and partnerships with external organisations including Place2Be (mental health), Christie's Auction House (art history), Action Breaks Silence (self-defence workshops), and We Rise (work experience). Leadership comprises Executive Principal David Astin and Head of Academy Jenny Rose, supported by a senior team including Vice Principal Ms Verber and Assistant Principals Mr Stagg and Ms Adewale, with a total headcount of 44 employees.

The business model is non-commercial: as a UK state-funded academy, the school does not charge tuition fees and derives its operating funding from government per-pupil grants channelled through the Harris Federation. Admissions are governed by the Pan London Co-ordinated admissions scheme, with families applying via their home local authority's Common Application Form. Revenue-generating commercial activity is limited to ancillary services such as school meals, school uniform supply (via School Uniform Direct), trips, and facility hire (via the School Space platform). Operational technology is administrative rather than proprietary: the school uses ParentPay for online payments, the MCAS (My Child at School) parent portal for communications, and standard E-Admissions infrastructure for applications. There is no disclosed AI, proprietary platform, or technology product; the school's competitive differentiation rests on its federation affiliation, character education framework (the "Clapham Commitment" — Commitment, Ambition, Resilience, Empathy), enrichment programming, and exam-track results such as its best-ever performance in the UK Mathematics Trust Intermediate Maths Challenge and a 2025 student win in the Harris Federation Idioms Calendar competition.

The academy is geographically constrained to the Clapham/Lambeth catchment and operates as a single-site institution within a larger federation network, limiting any conventional scalability thesis. Recent activity signals ongoing cohort build-out (admissions confirmed for September 2026), curriculum enrichment (theatre trips, author visits, art workshops), and federation-level integration via the Harris Futures alumni network.

Name

Harris Academy Clapham

Legal name

Harris Academy Clapham

Website

https://harrisclapham.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Harris Academy Clapham is a state-funded, seven-form entry co-educational secondary academy in Clapham, London, serving Year 7-11 students under the Harris Federation with a PAN of 150 per year group and no tuition fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Instructional Delivery & Pedagogy (School-Led) (EDAJAFAB)

Keywords

• Secondary education
• State-funded schooling
• GCSE preparation
• Academy school
• Sixth form education

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Harris Academy Clapham is a state-funded, mixed-ability, seven-form entry secondary academy serving students from Year 7 through Year 11 (ages 11-16) in the Clapham/Lambeth area of London. The academy delivers a comprehensive curriculum including GCSE subjects, personal development programmes, enrichment activities, and career guidance, with a separate Sixth Form provision for post-GCSE study. It operates under the Harris Federation, a charitable education trust managing over 50 London academies.

Product overview

Harris Academy Clapham operates as a single secondary school within the Harris Federation, offering secondary education from Year 7 through Year 11, with a separate Sixth Form provision. The academy provides a comprehensive curriculum including GCSE subjects, personal development programs, enrichment activities, and career guidance. Supporting educational delivery are the MCAS parent portal and ParentPay payment system, while the Harris Futures alumni network extends engagement beyond graduation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Harris Academy Clapham
• Harris Clapham Sixth Form

Quantifiable outcome

• Best ever performance in Intermediate Maths Challenge as an academy
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Integration7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Harris FederationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHarris Academy Clapham is part of the Harris Federation, a group of academies across London. The federation provides centralized support including teaching school, careers education, and sixth form provision. The federation aims to transform lives through rapid improvement in examination results, personal development and aspiration.
• We RiseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWe Rise runs the My Life SC1ence creative work experience project for young people aged 16-24 in Lambeth and Southwark. Harris Academy Clapham shares this opportunity with its community, providing students access to health and life sciences career exploration.
• Place2BeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlace2Be provides mental health support services in schools. Harris Academy Clapham has partnered with Place2Be to offer parent information sessions and counselling support for students.
• Action Breaks SilenceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAction Breaks Silence delivers self-defence workshops, particularly for Year 9 girls, providing empowerment and confidence-building through active demonstrations and defensive techniques training.
• Christie's Auction HouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChristie's Auction House provides educational art history lectures for selected Year 9 students, offering introduction to iconic masterpieces and discussing techniques, stories, history and symbolism of paintings.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• West London Free School: State-funded free school secondary in Hammersmith offering a similar academic-plus-enrichment model to London families. Comparable on admissions framework, ethos-driven curriculum and independent-state hybrid positioning.
• Kingsdale Foundation School: Well-known Lambeth state secondary school directly competing for the same Clapham/Balconies-area families. Comparable on catchment, age range and selective-versus-comprehensive dynamic within Lambeth.
• Harris Academy Purley: Sister Harris Federation secondary school in Croydon delivering the same federation curriculum and co-branded enrichment model to a similar Years 7-11 London state cohort. Directly comparable on structure, governance and value proposition.
• Dunraven School: Local Lambeth secondary school directly competing for Year 7 applicants in the same catchment. Comparable on geography, age range and breadth of curriculum/enrichment provision.
• Harris Academy Beckenham: Sister Harris Federation secondary academy in Bromley serving Years 7-11 with the same federation-wide curriculum, branding and central support. Closest comparable on operating model, scale and target market (London state secondary families).
• Harris Academy Bermondsey: Harris Federation secondary academy in inner London serving a similar mixed-ability urban intake. Comparable on curriculum, enrichment model and target demographic of state-funded London secondary families.
• Harris City Academy Crystal Palace: Harris Federation secondary academy serving South London families. Closely comparable on size, location and federation-backed operating model, with overlapping catchment in the Lambeth/Croydon border.

Emerging players

• School 21: Innovative Stratford-based free school secondary with a project-based and character-led curriculum. Comparable as a London state secondary targeting holistic outcomes and parental choice, though younger and smaller than Harris Clapham.

Broad incumbents

• United Learning: Large national multi-academy trust operating many state secondaries across England. Comparable on the academy-trust operating model and shared services, though portfolio scale and geographic spread are materially larger than Harris Clapham's local footprint.
• Ark Academy: Ark multi-academy trust secondary school in Wembley. Comparable as a London state secondary within a large MAT, but Ark's portfolio spans primary through post-16 across multiple regions rather than specialising in the Harris-style model.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HarrisClapham
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hacl

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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