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14/11/24

Are you interested in a career in accounting or finance? Check out this amazing opportunity at the Deloitte Apprenticeship Insight Evening! pic.twitter.com/Urto9x0xGc

14/11/24

⁠The beautiful sounds of 's steel pans will be greeting guests as they queue outside the venue... pic.twitter.com/whTzOuUYB9

12/11/24

The Yr10 football team get their league campaign underway with a 1-1 draw against Thomas More this evening.Both the U13 and U16 boys table tennis teams are also crowned and will go forward to next week’s south London finals. Well done all 🏓 ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/RjXT44NZcy

12/11/24

Well done to Year 11 for a great set of mocks! Celebrating today with a cookie at break with Millie's cookies. pic.twitter.com/fLBqHtPvuV

08/11/24

Congratulations to all the students who won awards this week for best attainment or rising star. Over 150 awards have been handed out and it’s always wonderful to celebrate our students. pic.twitter.com/Gtlv1d411j

07/11/24

Apprenticeship talk for parents and carers on Wednesday 20th November . Please go to our website to register. pic.twitter.com/bUmq5EINyy

21/10/24

U18 girls have started their defence in the National College Cup with a win in over time against West London College. They have also gone on to win their first 2 games in the league. Well done! Can’t wait to see more games! pic.twitter.com/4UPjvXlLsW

21/10/24

Enrichment clubs were in full swing last week! pic.twitter.com/51RSA3zILt

21/10/24

Congratulations to our Year 8 basketball team for their victorious win against the Whitgift School. pic.twitter.com/kzkXm6inyK

18/10/24

Year 11 Holiday Intervention starts on Monday 21st October. Students have been given bespoke timetables. We look forward to seeing you then! pic.twitter.com/zx7D3TRtkc

18/10/24

We would to wish everyone a safe half term holiday. We will see you back at school on Monday 4th November. If a student needs any support, they can contact the school during the holidays using the safespace.org.uk email.

18/10/24

We had our Black History Month concert this week! What a wonderful way to showcase the talent in our school: steel pans, bands, pianists, rap & more! Congratulations to all the students who performed. Thank you to our head girl & boy for hosting. pic.twitter.com/kQtfYqd8bc

18/10/24

We had the wonderful Absnt Minds band come in to perform to our Year 9 and discuss mental health and body image. The students thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you for organising. pic.twitter.com/qJ9v2vPfyS

18/10/24

Thank you to Dr Anne-Marie Angelo who came in this week as part of our Black History Month celebrations from the University of Sussex to speak to Y12 and Y13 History and Politics students about the Black Power movement. pic.twitter.com/NWzvZyTJC4

16/10/24

What an incredible display of talent this evening for the annual Black History Month concert! 🙌🏾🙌🏿🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏾🙌🏿🙌🏽🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/542zx3XquK

10/10/24

Harris Federation launches it's powerful Apprenticeship Programme. For more details about our inspirational sessions goto https://t.co/9xWP3Z3d5e pic.twitter.com/3Kq2IOn0jx

09/10/24

Steel Orchestra from & smashing it on Stage! All with instruments funded directly by us. Such a brilliant showcase led by RTM Ambassador, ABRSM Artistic Director, and GRAMMY nominated musician 🙌⁠ pic.twitter.com/ZePbaDB0bk

09/10/24

Our Year 11 Mock Exams Timetable can be found at https://t.co/9K7KDkx1M3 pic.twitter.com/HFRupFx4EB

03/10/24

Our inspirational music students in association with Music board made a video recently showcasing their talent. Watch it here https://t.co/4TTcasdSM2 pic.twitter.com/pmBTQY2rY1

27/09/24

Our inspirational Science Technician, Tunde, demonstrates the blue bottle reaction, a classic color-change chemistry demo. This demonstration serves as an introduction to a cornerstone of modernity: the scientific method. Observe, hypothesize, experiment, publish. pic.twitter.com/QkIm3RRLSI

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Posted on August 24th 2017

HARRIS CITY ACADEMY CRYSTAL PALACE CELEBRATES 'EXCEPTIONAL' GCSE RESULTS

Students at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace are celebrating after receiving excellent GCSE results.

Overall, 89% of students achieved A*- C, or grade 4 and above, in the new numerical grading system in Maths and English with 9% of students gaining the new ‘super grade’ 9.

The Academy also saw a significant increase in its EBacc score, which increased from 47% in 2016 to 58% this year. This is well above the national average, which was 23% in 2016.   

Amongst the success of the Academy as a whole, there were a number of individual successes, with fourteen of the Academy’s students achieving A*- A grades in 10 or more subjects:

  • Khadija Aidoo
  • Monique Akinbile
  • Cara Benjamin
  • Jasmine Clarke-Terrelonge
  • Reuben Collins
  • Amy Evans
  • Anna Hancox
  • Areeb Khan
  • Xavier King
  • Charlie-Joy McKoy
  • Serena Mitchell
  • Danielle Nana-Dabankah
  • Jules Ricard
  • Punitha Sundaram

Katherine Cumberbatch, Principal of Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, said:

“These exceptional results are a real cause for celebration. They are testament to the dedication, hard work and enthusiasm of our amazing students. Students of every ability and every background have achieved enormously well and I look forward to seeing them in our sixth form in September.

I would also like to say thank all our staff and parents who have worked tirelessly to help our students achieve this wonderful set of results. Well done all!”

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