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01/04/26

Read the latest edition of our Magazine here: https://t.co/x2QqPTSzMo

27/03/26

Enjoy your holidays and we look forward to seeing you for summer term!

24/03/26

Today we are celebrating our Long Serving Staff Members!

20/03/26

We are wishing you a Happy Eid Al-Fitr!

19/03/26

Hear from Deividas about why he choose HCACP for 6th Form

09/03/26

Happy International Women's Day for yesterday!

05/03/26

Have you spotted Wally around HCACP this World Book Day?

05/03/26

Hear from some familiar faces about what they used to read when they were your age!

05/03/26

Happy World Book Day!

03/03/26

We are so excited for our offer holders to see everything our school has to offer!

02/03/26

Happy National Careers Week!

02/03/26

We would like to extend our congratulations to the Year 6 students who have secured a place with us for September 2026!

27/02/26

To end a great day, please enjoy this personalised video message from Jamaican MP Rhoda Moy-Crawford, Minister of State in the Ministry of Education!

27/02/26

What Miss Grant Loves most about being Jamaican!

27/02/26

Such a pleasure to hear our incredible steel pan band perform today!

27/02/26

Look at what we all had for lunch this Jamaica Day!

27/02/26

Check out what our staff are wearing for Jamaica Day!!

27/02/26

Happy Jamaica Day from Ms McLeod-Bristol! #JamaicaDay

27/02/26

'Being Jamaican is a vibe!' - Ms Strachen

27/02/26

Today we celebrate Jamaica Day. The theme is Celebrating Jamaica: Championing Kindness, Courage and Community.

Harris Academies
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Our Curriculum

The Harris City Academy Crystal Palace Sixth Form curriculum provides an educational offer for students who have a breadth of subject interests.

The curriculum is designed for students who will thrive in an educational environment where the rigours and demands of the different subjects are embraced and taught in a supportive manner without compromising the academic challenges of Sixth Form study.

Whilst the majority of subjects on offer are A Level qualifications, some subjects follow an Applied General or Technical Level route, in order to support students who have specific vocational paths in mind or who have a preferred learning style different to that required for the A Level qualifications.

Whereas the A Levels are assessed predominately through external examinations, the Applied General and Technical Levels will have a greater percentage of coursework involved. A student can choose to follow either route or a combination of both. Whichever pathway a student follows, the aim is to build upon the foundation knowledge and skills gained throughout their KS3 and KS4 study.

At the point of enrolment, students are guided in their course choices so that they follow a cohesive and coherent programme of study where the content and skills of the individual subjects complement each other, as well as furnishing students with a depth of cultural, social and intellectual ideas.

Planned curriculum offering 2026-27

We plan to offer the following subjects to students starting in September 2026.

  • Art & Design/Photography
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computing
  • Economics
  • English Literature
  • French
  • Further Maths
  • Geography
  • History
  • Maths
  • OCR Business 3 Diploma 
  • OCR Business 3 Extended Certificate
  • OCR Media Studies 3 Diploma
  • OCR Media Studies 3 Extended Certificate
  • OCR Sport 3 Diploma
  • OCR Sport 3 Extended Certificate
  • Religious Studies
  • Physics
  • Politics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Spanish

Curriculum offer 2025-26

Courses on offer, subject to availability:

  • Art & Design/Photography
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computing
  • Economics
  • English Literature
  • French
  • Further Maths
  • Geography
  • History
  • Maths
  • OCR Business 3 Diploma 
  • OCR Business 3 Extended Certificate
  • OCR Media Studies 3 Diploma
  • OCR Media Studies 3 Extended Certificate
  • OCR Sport 3 Diploma
  • OCR Sport 3 Extended Certificate
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Politics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Spanish

All courses are taught by subject specialists who demonstrate and model the proficiency and scholarship needed to be successful students of their chosen discipline. As well as being authorities in their particular subject, Sixth Form teachers are expected to be exponents of excellent pedagogy and classroom practice so that the classroom becomes a place where students are fully engaged and participate in a dialogical education informed by criticism, reflection and analytical reasoning.