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27/08/25

✨ Still looking for a Sixth Form? We’ve got places available at Harris Garrard Academy Post-16! 📅 Open Thursday & Friday, 10am – 1pm 📞 020 8320 4800 📧 sixthform.org.uk Your future starts here – don’t miss out! 🚀

23/08/25

✨ Still looking for a Sixth Form? We’ve got places available at Harris Garrard Academy Post-16! 📅 Open Tuesday – Friday, 9am – 1pm 📞 020 8320 4800 📧 sixthform.org.uk Your future starts here – don’t miss out! 🚀

22/08/25

⏰ It’s happening NOW! 📍 Post-16 Enrolment at Harris Garrard Academy 🕙 Today, 10am – 3pm Spaces are filling fast – come down today and secure your future with us. Don’t wait, your next chapter starts here! 🚀

27/06/25

We recently hosted our last Project Thamesmead event of the year. Focusing on the Olympics with running, throwing and jumping events. It gave over 110 children from 3 primary schools the opportunity to represent their school and excel!     

11/06/25

Our primary team are taking part in the Tag Rugby  representing team  . The team are doing incredibly well testing their skills against the very best in London! 

04/06/25

We launched Harris Stars with a brilliant session for Y7s! 🌟 Y12 leaders Angel & Juliet shared advice on friendships, communication & boundaries. Part 1 of 6 in Conversations with My Younger Self. 💬   

01/05/25

Our Year 7s are fully embracing farm life! 🐄 From mucking out to feeding and caring for the animals, they’re showing real responsibility and care. 🐖❤️🌿

30/04/25

A brilliant effort from our Year 7s this morning as they climbed to the top of the hill! ⛰️ Lots of determination, teamwork, and amazing views at the summit! 🌄👏

30/04/25

Breakfast time! 🍳 The students are up and busy preparing the most important meal of the day — teamwork and tasty food all round! 🥞🥣

29/04/25

Today’s activities are in full swing! ☀️ From outdoor adventures to team challenges, our Year 7s are making the most of every moment! 🏕️🌿

29/04/25

Morning rounds to feed the animals! 🐐🐓🐇 The students are up early and getting stuck in with farm life! 🌾

28/04/25

We’re pleased to share that all our Year 7 students on the Bertha Earth residential trip have arrived safe and sound! ✨ Everyone is in great spirits and excited for a week full of adventure and discovery ahead! 🌍⛺

23/04/25

Thrilled to see 15 of our Y10s selected for the Digital Futures workshops at King’s College London 🎓💻 They smashed the first session today – full of energy, curiosity & focus ⭐ Proud of how they represented the academy! 🚀     

21/03/25

Get ready for an epic showdown—turf wars 🏈⚡ are heating up on the gridiron! 🔥🌩️

10/03/25

Year 11 and their parents joined us tonight to collect their mock results, and we couldn’t be prouder! ⭐ Our best set of mock results ever! 🎉 Now it’s time to work on those gaps and push for even greater success in the summer! 💪📚     

28/02/25

Huge thanks to  for inspiring our Year 10 & 11 girls this week! ✨ Through workshops & mentorship, they built confidence, defined their brand & explored their futures. Special thanks to the incredible women who shared their journeys! 💪🚀 

25/02/25

Welcome back to the Spring Term! We hope your child had a restful and enjoyable break. As we begin this new half-term, we are excited about the fresh learning opportunities, engaging activities, and enriching experiences ahead.

04/02/25

🌿✍️ Poetry meets nature! Guided by poet and educator Esme Allman, students explored the Conservatory  through a creative lens. Through metaphors, descriptive language, they crafted their own eco-poems—blending art and nature in a truly inspiring workshop. 🌱📖

01/02/25

Huge well done to our Year 11 students for showing up en masse for this morning’s Maths Walking Talking Mock! 📚✏️ It’s amazing to see such dedication as they enter their third week of mock exams👏💪 Keep pushing, you’ve got this! 🚀🔥      🎉

24/01/25

We’ve been soaring through the first week of our Year 11 mock exam series! ✈️📚 With two more weeks to go, we couldn’t be prouder of the dedication and focus Year 11 have demonstrated in preparing for their exams. 💪✨ Keep up the fantastic work!

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Posted on June 26th 2018

Battle of the Bookworms 2018 - Watch the Heats

Battle of the Bookworms Do You HaveStudents will answer questions on their favourite books in a bid to win our first Battle of the Bookworms at the end of term.

“In the early knockout stages the questions will be about plot and character, with the questions getting progressively harder,” says English teacher Ailish Langan, who’s organising the competition. “In the later stages the questions will be about symbolism and themes too, for example.”

Sammi, Isaac, Taofeeqat and Ancuta from Year 10 are confident their team is going to win. “I thought it would be a great opportunity to be rewarded for all the reading we do,” says Sammi. Isaac adds: “I used to read more when I was younger but I don’t so much now but I saw there was a £200 prize for the team and I thought YES!”

The four have chosen to answer questions on five of their favourite titles: The Fault in our Stars, The Hunger Games, Holes, Private Peaceful and The Outsider. The early rounds will take place after school, with the semi-final and Grand Finale taking place at lunchtime and in front of an audience, for added pressure!

Here's when the heats will happen!

Bookworms

Sammi, Isaac, Taofeeqat, Ancuta – one of the teams competing in our 2018 Battle of the Bookworms.

Bookworms

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