Meet Our Executive Principal and Head of Academy

Mr David Astin, Executive Principal

Mr Astin has been teaching for 20 years, and with the Harris Federation since 2008. He began his career at a large school in Milton Keynes in 1995 and then taught at a very successful girls' school in Carshalton.

In 2008, Mr Astin was appointed Assistant Principal of our sister school, Harris City Academy Crystal Palace.  After that, he was a leader of the Harris Sixth Form and later the Principal of Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley. 

During this time, he helped to lay the educational foundations of the Harris Westminster Sixth Form, a collaboration with Westminster School which aims to prepare London’s brightest state school pupils for entry to the world’s best universities. Mr Astin, who lives in Beckenham with his young family, was appointed Executive Principal of Harris Academy Orpington in September 2018.

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Mr Richard Carey, Head of Academy

Mr Carey joined Harris Academy Orpington in April 2019.

He is an experienced senior leader who has worked for the Harris Federation for several years at Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich and Harris Garrard Academy.