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27/03/25

Today our Year 12 students shared their exam preparation advice with Year 11 in assembly this morning. 🎓✨ pic.twitter.com/g6uS7QYpcm

22/03/25

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22/03/25

🚨Sixth Form Applications Still Open🚨 A few reasons why we’re so popular. • 19% of grades A*/A • 53% of grades A*/B • 99% of grades A*-E • 76% got their first or second choice university place! • Average A-Level grade = B- Average vocational grade = Distinction pic.twitter.com/slePPjc9DM

22/03/25

Massive thanks to all students, staff and parents who donated to this year’s HAGR red nose day. Fundraising total of £255. Students enjoyed decorating staff, creating our 'Red Nose’ rogues gallery. ♥️❣️ pic.twitter.com/Fc29Q1qIpO

19/03/25

Our Sixth Form students showcasing their entrepreneurial skills at the Young Enterprise trade fair, selling stylish bracelets. This experience enhanced their marketing and financial management skills while boosting their confidence and providing insights into the business world. pic.twitter.com/98IbH9Lo2H

13/03/25

A true RTM artist! Were super proud of Miguel from —a regular at RTM events who always steals the show. Very proud that he’s been offered a place to study music at uni next year! 👏 pic.twitter.com/uX13fNtjkR

06/03/25

Yesterday both our Junior and Main teams won the prepared and unprepared debate motions, competing against four schools in total. We are immensely proud of how they represented us, with the judges commenting on their "preparedness, teamwork, and respect of their opposition"📚✨ pic.twitter.com/nbiWV9T0c0

06/03/25

Harris Greenwich students and staff celebrating World Book Day! 📚 pic.twitter.com/T6vH35EEIE

13/02/25

Onjali Q Rauf Class had the best time doing PE this morning. Thank you so much for having us. pic.twitter.com/UXRj38AmLL

02/02/25

Congratulation who made his first team debut last Thursday! Everyone here at Harris Greenwich wish you all the best! pic.twitter.com/wzMKDqsn2G

13/01/25

One of our proudest moments — watching these talented young people shine at for 's Together at Christmas carol service! A huge well done to the incredible students of 👏⁠ ⁠ 📸 Barney Curran⁠ pic.twitter.com/Rzozr2gUw2

21/12/24

What a special Christmas performance from our year 8 students in our achievement assembly! 🎉 🥁 🎹 pic.twitter.com/iuU6dBQWd0

21/12/24

Assembly - Year 8s promoting some of the different clubs we have to offer. 🎣 Well done, such confidence to speak in front of the entire year group! pic.twitter.com/W4PwXnhMoE

18/12/24

Our partners at have donated 200 boxes of gifts to bring Christmas cheer to our disadvantaged families! Wwoow. Thank you pic.twitter.com/QDGBpQ5OUQ

18/12/24

Today we hosted our year 7’s first Christmas Dinner, served by staff members!🍾😀 pic.twitter.com/yUB3YlydSr

13/12/24

Year 7s rehearsing for this year’s Christmas “SING UP” 🎶 🎙️ 🎄 pic.twitter.com/IdawPJq4Yx

13/12/24

Yesterday was our Christmas Jumper Day. We raised £240 for our school food bank and loads of food items were donated. Doing our bit for the community!🎄 pic.twitter.com/lVkCWFGkoe

03/10/24

It was great to have Jamie McCreddie& join the BARE team last week . We had a special afternoon with students from & taking part in a massed instrumental workshop & performance. pic.twitter.com/nvVfs7vrX0

27/09/24

Rainy day, library is the place to be. Catching our students reading ☔️ 📖 ☺️ pic.twitter.com/0ZUakMLr8y

24/08/24

Hard work pays off, congratulations to our year 11 students, GCSE Results Day.😀😀#Class2024 pic.twitter.com/2hj7DxlxF5

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Teaching & Learning

Harris Academy Greenwich provides an exciting, personalised learning curriculum, which supports and challenges all of our students and is at the heart of our teaching and learning philosophy. We ensure that all teaching and support staff have access to the highest quality training programmes to provide the most innovative and cutting edge learning opportunities for every student. 

Our teaching approach is based around the Six Principles of Teaching, co-written by both staff and students. It forms the basis for all CPD and accountability in the school.

 

Principles of ‘better practice’

So that…

  1. High expectations of learning behaviour

 

  1. Routines and effective classroom management
  2. Consistent application of behaviour policy
  3. Promote active participation not compliance
  4. Reinforcing effort and providing recognition 

 

  1. Minimal valuable lesson time is wasted dealing with low-level disruption
  2. Students can think hard about their learning free from distraction
  3. All students are engaged in thinking about key learning
  4. Students understand the connection between effort and achievement
  1. Quality of instruction

 

  1. Highly effective explanations
  2. Clearly defined outcomes
  3. New knowledge is founded upon old knowledge
  4. Teachers model excellence and how to achieve it

 

  1. So that students quickly grasp key ideas
  2. Students have complete clarity around what they are learning and what success looks like
  3. Students can learn new ideas by reference to ideas they already know
  4. Students know what excellence looks like as well as how to achieve it
  1. Subject mastery

 

  1. Exam specification expertise
  2. Misconceptions are planned for and addressed
  3. Comprehensive understanding of curriculum
  4. Promote and uphold the highest standards of literacy

 

  1. Students are successful in examinations
  2. Students overcome common misconceptions
  3. Teachers are able to confidently teach to the top
  4. Students read, write and speak with fluency and accuracy
  1. Making it Stick
  1. Making connections between underlying concepts
  2. Regular low stakes testing
  3. Practise deliberately
  4. Learning is interleaved
  1. Students can make links across key subject skills
  2. Students can embed learning into their long term memory
  3. Students can develop fluency and accuracy in key skills
  4. Students revisit material in a way which promotes long term memory
  1. Adaptive teaching

 

  1. Support and scaffold  in lesson for the less able
  2. Pitch high every lesson
  3. Adapts teaching as needs emerge
  4. Developed understanding of Special Educational Needs in the classroom

 

 

  1. Students are able to access the learning they are doing
  2. Students are challenged to exceed expectation
  3. All students make exceptional progress
  4. All students with SEND make exceptional progress

 

  1. Effective feedback

 

  1. Timely feedback to maximise learning
  2. Formative assessment is embedded throughout a lesson
  3. Comments are specific, accurate and clear
  4. Time to reflect and act upon feedback

 

  1. Students can swiftly unlock further learning
  2. Teachers know which topics to re-teach that were not grasped first time
  3. Student actions are refocused or redirected to achieve a goal
  4. Students are self- regulated learners



The Academy aims to:

  • Meet the needs and aspirations of all students
  • Ensure all students can successfully access the curriculum offer, making any reasonable adjustments required where particular needs are identified
  • Recognise high achieving students and ensure they are given opportunities to stretch and challenge their learning
  • Plan opportunities for students to develop their personal potential
  • Establish an agreed range of policies and practices to guarantee a consistent approach towards learning and teaching in every classroom.
  • Involve all staff in developing and improving the quality of learning and teaching
  • Provide all staff with developmental opportunities to extend and enhance their range of teaching and repertoires
  • Develop staff to deliver skills beyond their own subject specialism and incorporate cross curricular initiatives, in particular Literacy, Numeracy, ICT and Enterprise
  • Identify students’ achievements and areas for improvement, through rigorous monitoring of progress and to plan appropriate interventions to enhance learning
  • Realise the entitlements for Learners, Teachers and Curriculum as promoted by the Student Learning Commission

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