Harris Academy Merton is a secondary school located inside the London Borough of Merton district of Mitcham. The academy was designated as an Enterprise and Sport College by the Department for Education and Skills when it was formerly called Tamworth Manor Secondary School. The academy is part of the Harris Federation of South London schools which were opened to allow schools in the same area to 'borrow' educational values. The academy takes in students from both genders between the ages of 11 and 19. The school's sixth form opened in September 2007, but at the moment courses are being offered on site in conjunction with Harris CTC, who Merton have very good links with.
The school saw its GCSE results increase from 32% under the former Tamworth Manor High School to 40% 5A-C GCSEs in the result that were published in August 2007.
Since becoming an academy the school has become over-subsrcibed.
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