Harris City Academy Crystal Palace

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Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
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The post-16 block at the front of the Academy (finished in 2010).
Address
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
Maberley Road

Croydon
,
London
,
SE19 2JH

England
Coordinates 51°24′42″N0°04′37″W / 51.41166°N 0.07682°W / 51.41166; -0.07682
Information
Type Academy
MottoAll can achieve
Established1990;34 years ago (1990)
Founder Philip Harris
Local authority London Borough of Croydon
SpecialistBusiness & Enterprise
Department for Education URN 135311 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalKatherine Cumberbatch (Temporary)
GenderMixed
Age11to 18
Enrolment1294
Colour(s)Green and Black   
Website http://www.harriscrystalpalace.org.uk/

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a mixed-sex secondary school in Croydon, south London, England. It was established in 1990 to replace Sylvan High School, a newly built mixed comprehensive school which had opened in 1974. Sylvan, judged to be under-performing, re-opened as a City Technology College (CTC) sponsored by Lord Harris of Peckham. In September 2007, Harris CTC became Harris City Academy Crystal Palace.

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Background

The new Harris CTC introduced new systems and structures and results steadily improved. In recent years the examination performance of the school has been excellent.

The conversion to Academy status in September 2007 brought with it the promise of £10 Million for new buildings and facilities. The work on the new buildings was completed by November 2010, with a new sixth form block, reception, internal walkways and classrooms now in use.

The Sixth Form results were also the best ever achieved by the Academy with 100% of students passing their A-level exams and 82% of all grades achieved resulting in a grade A, B or C.

In October 2009, under the new tougher Ofsted inspection criteria, the Academy became the first secondary school in the country to achieve an outstanding grade in each of the 30 categories. By Easter 2010, the Academy was still the only school in England to have achieved this result.

The 2014 Ofsted report rated the academy 'outstanding'. [1]

Over 2000 applications were received for 180 places in Year 7 for September 2009. The intake of the Academy is of mixed ability.

The Sixth Form is part of a federated Sixth Form with Harris South Norwood, Harris Merton, Harris Purley, Harris Bromley, Harris Beckenham and Harris East Dulwich Girls. The Sixth Form at Crystal Palace delivers primarily AS and A level courses and around 400 students are based there. The other two sites offer some AS and A levels but also a range of vocational courses. Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is also a registered Cisco Networking Academy and offers the CCNA course to Post-16s throughout the Federation as part of the enrichment programme. [2]

The Academy is a Gifted and Talented specialist school. Opportunities for students have included visiting NASA astronaut training facilities in HACCP and Florida in the USA and many residential trips.

The new Year 7's get to go on an optional trip to PGL in October every year just for the year 7's.

The Student Commission

The Harris Federation Student Commission is a project which involves 70 students from all the Harris Academies are working together with teachers and leading educationalists in order to explore ways of further improving teaching and learning. This Commission is supported by NESTA and is part of a national project called Learning Futures.

Year Structure

Each year group of the Academy, students are divided into four faculties

In each year group, there are now six tutor groups (there are sometimes 1 for some faculties) consisting of approximately 20-30 students.

In each Year, the students are split into two groups x and y.

There are sets for both groups. Sets: X1/Y1, X2/Y2, X3/Y3, and X4/Y4. The bands X and Y are not based on ability however the set you are in is based on your ability for example X1/Y1 are the top sets and X2/Y2 are the second top sets.

The reason for having X and Y bands is due to the fact that not everyone is doing the same subject at once for example X might be doing Science and Y might be doing French.

Students follow a three year Key Stage 3 curriculum. Options are taken in Year 9 for GCSE and vocational courses.

Students get to choose their GCSE options in Year 8 and start doing the subjects they chose in Year 9: as with most English schools Maths, English and the three sciences are compulsory choices for students' GCSEs.

Facilities

There are four faculties at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, identified by a colour typically displayed on the stripe of their students' ties. They are:
Arts (green)
Communications (blue)
Maths & Commerce (red)
Science & PE (yellow)

The academy also has post-16 provision, which contains Year 12 and Year 13 students. The sixth form teaches a variety of subjects, and is also part of a Rugby training school in conjunction with Harlequins.

Harris Federation

The school was founded in 1990 as a City Technology College. In September 2007, Harris CTC was integrated into the Harris Federation. This Federation was set up by Lord Harris of Peckham and has been set up as a coalition of several secondary schools in Croydon, Merton and Southwark. As of August 2023, the Harris Federation runs 52 primary and secondary academies in London and Essex. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Harris City Academy Crystal Palace". ofsted.gov.uk. 17 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Cisco Networking Academy Profile for HCACP Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine , The profile page for the Academy still registered under the Harris City Technology College name.
  3. ↑ "Harris Federation". harrisfederation.org.uk. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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