36 THE RIVER MAGAZINE | Summer 2017 | E D U C A T I O N | P arents in Lambeth and Southwark have a unique opportunity to enrol their children at one of the fastest-growing and increasingly-successful schools south of the Thames. They can now take advantage of the limited spaces still available for this September’s Year 7 intake at Harris Academy South Norwood. Although the co-educational school is in the adjacent borough of Croydon, there are good travel links for students in the north west of Lambeth and the south part of Southwark. Situated on two sites in the north of Croydon, the school is only a short journey away, well-served with a large number of buses to both the Upper and South sites, while trains from London Bridge and Victoria go through the nearby Norwood Junction. With such good travel links from both boroughs, the Academy would particularly suit Year 6s currently in Lambeth (Crown Lane, Paxton and Kingswood) and Southwark schools (Langbourne and others). The Academy was originally two separate schools on different sites but in 2007 Harris Upper and South Norwood Academies became part of the South East London-based Harris Federation of Academies, the most successful Academies Trust in England. Today, fully amalgamated as Harris South Norwood, the schools have one staff and governing body covering the twin sites which house 2,000 students. It came under new leadership with Nick Soar taking over as Executive Principal in September 2016 and alongside him are Gizle Landman, South Norwood’s Head of Academy, with four senior Vice Principals, Robin Manners, Rob Hitch, Dan Blakemore and by norman hayden knows no boundaries Harris Academy Small class sizes