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18/07/25

Sports Day 2025 ☀️ ⚽️ 🏀 pic.twitter.com/Y1IQjSPD7j

17/07/25

MMW: Hever Castle pic.twitter.com/ZUO5qTFs7a

17/07/25

MMW: Grangewaters pic.twitter.com/zxYPdV2GzX

16/07/25

MMW: Leeds Castle pic.twitter.com/A8llZvKoKa

16/07/25

MMW: HAOC Escape Room pic.twitter.com/OK2hJppRQ9

16/07/25

MMW: Macbeth & Stock Market Challenge 💰 pic.twitter.com/IREWKrOcV7

15/07/25

Well done to all of our students who represented us today at the Harris Federation Finals 🔥 🏆 amazing performances and lots of medals 🥇 pic.twitter.com/dVbTnDRmF6

14/07/25

MMW Y9: teamwork pic.twitter.com/H1Ef0Tnapz

14/07/25

MMW Year 9 - Grange Waters. Facing fears and overcoming challenges! pic.twitter.com/pyq6zGuoFT

11/07/25

The Harris Federation Festival of Music showcased some wonderful talent from across the federation. Our students loved every single minute. pic.twitter.com/yTHqevUasL

09/07/25

Steel Pans playing Classical music! Soloists, Choir. Y5 electric guitar solo! The talent in our schools is amazing! Congrats to all of you, what wonderful performances. pic.twitter.com/TjYEnwK9KV

28/06/25

DOE Update ‘we will be 45 minutes ‘ until we reach Ockendon due to traffic

28/06/25

D of E Silver: day 3 is done! All packed up and on the bus. ETA back to school 1.45om.

28/06/25

D of E Silver Day 3: they are off early! pic.twitter.com/UwwU3o5Kp6

27/06/25

D of E: all back at camp.

27/06/25

Day 2 has started - perfect weather for walking. pic.twitter.com/MHXAXFC9bo

26/06/25

Setting up camp after a long day walking pic.twitter.com/P8b08C8Z8o

26/06/25

Beautiful day ☀️ pic.twitter.com/vJE5Mq61RF

26/06/25

Silver D of E Assessment Expedition has officially started! pic.twitter.com/5feuLDLc3x

25/06/25

Well done to our year 7 rounders team for finishing 3rd place in the Borough at last nights rounders rally 🥉 pic.twitter.com/GNl6ZULJ7R

Harris Academies
All Academies in our Federation aim to transform the lives of the students they serve by bringing about rapid improvement in examination results, personal development and aspiration.

Central Office

Bexley

Brent

Bromley

Clapham

Croydon

Greenwich

Haringey

Havering

Merton

Newham

Southwark

Stratford

Sutton

Thurrock

Wandsworth

Westminster

Literacy Overview

What is our vision?

We believe literacy is powerful knowledge, so we make it stick. Academically, it enables students to read, write and speak like experts across a multitude of disciplines. This is why it is our vision to expand their vocabulary, allowing them to communicate with increasing confidence, fluency and comprehension. We want to foster a culture of reading across the school in which students read ambitious and diverse texts for pleasure, whilst gaining cultural capital. We want our students to develop the habits that enable them to read and speak with fluency and confidence throughout their academic journey and in later life.

Beyond academia, high levels of literacy will enable our students to flourish in a world beyond education that is fast-paced and rapidly changing. They will have the tools to become active citizens in which they ensure their voice is heard through challenging injustice and becoming part of the national conversation. Effective communication skills will ensure our students can articulate their emotions, own their relationships and compete in an ambitious and competitive labour market. High levels of literacy is therefore a social justice issue as it directly correlates to students living happy, healthy and successful lives no matter their starting point.

How do we turn our vision into a reality?

Drawing on the Education Endowment Foundation’s ‘Improving literacy in secondary schools’, HAOC has identified five key principles for the intent and implementation of whole school literacy:

  1. Disciplinary vocabulary is specified in the curriculum and enables students to write and speak like experts
  2. Vocabulary is explicitly instructed
  3. Reading is prioritised and guided with vocabulary signposted
  4. Writing opportunities are structured
  5. Oracy is prioritised, modelled and structured