Harris Academy Avery Hill will be a Secondary boys and a co-ed sixth form. 1,150 places in total (900 secondary and 250 sixth form places). Harris Academy Avery Hill will be funded and delivered by the Department for Education (DfE) as part of the Free Schools Programme. 

The site includes a series of existing buildings which hold varying levels of heritage value and quality, including Grade II Listing in parts. These buildings include:

• Honeycomb Building
• Mansion House
• Engine House
• The Nursery (Green Houses)
• Stud Groom Stables
• Stud Groom Cottage
• Post 1960’s University Complex sited East of the Mansion House
• Listed WC

The school will be part of the Harris Federation Trust who already run 48 very successful academies including the nearby Harris Academies, Falconwood and Greenwich.