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07/06/25

D of E: groups are all out and walking. A few downpours already! pic.twitter.com/yDoAJxGynw

06/06/25

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06/06/25

All students back at camp and cooking dinner. pic.twitter.com/BWX5P4GyEk

06/06/25

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06/06/25

D of E Bronze Assessment Expedition is off pic.twitter.com/zdwnbjxBtE

06/06/25

Silver D of E and it’s no longer raining! Students are getting ready to start walking. pic.twitter.com/52OO6iaS5N

22/05/25

Well done to some of our year 9 sports leaders for running a successful year 8 football tournament after school today! ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/2uWxFZkTy5

21/05/25

Well done to our year 9 rounders team for winning the Borough rounders rally last night and qualifying for Regional Finals 🔥! pic.twitter.com/EXFVWBT3U4

20/05/25

Well done to our year 8 girls football team at the football finals today! Finishing 3rd overall in the Harris Federation 🔥 ⚽️! pic.twitter.com/auvpAJHl9N

20/05/25

Our year 7 and 8 football girls have arrived at Crystal Palace Training ground for finals day! ⚽️ 🏆 pic.twitter.com/s1LQcY5KkC

15/05/25

Well done to our year 10 rounders team for winning all their games in tonight’s Borough Rounders Rally 🏆🔥 pic.twitter.com/zOFs4B7qaN

02/05/25

We had many wonderful entries to the Year 7 Art Competition - The world through my eyes - and here are the winning pieces. Congratulations to the winners and to all who entered, a real talented group. pic.twitter.com/iTLwiuJRDa

26/04/25

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26/04/25

Groups are all out walking - day 2! pic.twitter.com/9ftPoXIiFY

25/04/25

S’mores and getting ready for bed pic.twitter.com/QLi3LOcdA1

25/04/25

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25/04/25

All groups back at camp pic.twitter.com/sS5ECgZ2J9

25/04/25

Groups are steadily coming into camp pic.twitter.com/QVnFbyoHTe

25/04/25

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25/04/25

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze 2025 has started! pic.twitter.com/zqzlPluLQO

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.

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Bexley

Brent

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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