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15/08/25

Huge congratulations to Dipanshu for his brilliant results — we are so proud of you and know you will be incredibly successful at . Well done!! ⭐️🌟✨#allcanachieve pic.twitter.com/qscTzKvzy5

14/08/25

Huge congratulations to Prashan for his brilliant results and securing his place at . We are so proud! pic.twitter.com/rZWo2w6iKs

14/08/25

Well done to Ty who has worked so hard and achieved the very top grades in his CTEC qualifications. We wish you the very best of luck at 🍀 pic.twitter.com/P9yC0Qv52d

14/08/25

Huge well done to Nickolas for his total ✨brilliance✨ - off to to study Mechanical Engineering and such a bright future ahead of him. pic.twitter.com/nHOg1Ee3vb

14/08/25

Congratulations to Ademide who is starting a degree apprenticeship in Quantity Surveying after some utterly brilliant results 🏅🌟#allcanachieve pic.twitter.com/lp9doqMmZq

14/08/25

Fabulous outcomes for Liam who is off to to study Mechanical Engineering - your hard work has paid off and you deserve every success 🎉🥳 pic.twitter.com/edipYJYRlJ

14/08/25

Congratulations to Annalise for her superb results and very exciting uni place at !! 👏👏🏽👏🏿 pic.twitter.com/tfEyjyrJNG

14/08/25

So proud of brilliant Belina for her wonderful results - we know she will be so successful at and beyond! 🏅 pic.twitter.com/OgbS4WUck2

14/08/25

You’re a superstar Patricia and congratulations on your results 🥳 We wish you the very best of luck at ! pic.twitter.com/qmEJWYnvLN

14/08/25

Well done Cherise! is waiting for you after all your hard work and fabulous determination ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/beim06aGdR

14/08/25

Oscar and Uzair, two of our exceptionally brilliant Year 13s, are off to and in September after achieving their dream results 👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/f4PelXQGDy

14/08/25

Congratulations to Taahseen who is studying Engineering at , University of Cambridge. Brilliant as always and well deserved results 🎉 pic.twitter.com/EWKQUnkRlW

14/08/25

Staggeringly brilliant CTEC outcomes for our students who’ve achieved qualifications in Media, Sport and Business today pic.twitter.com/BH1sZbURXB

14/08/25

So much to be so proud of including the 20 A* grades received by our students today ! 💯🏅⭐️🌟✨ pic.twitter.com/Yy0W2fOE1y

14/08/25

What a brilliant day at school celebrating our amazing Year 13’s A-Level and CTEC results 👏👏🏽👏🏿 pic.twitter.com/GQBUuHz2m4

16/07/25

Winning ways at Federation Sports Day for HCACP 👏 We had 45 students qualify for the finals, with students representing every team from year 7 - 10 for both boys & girls. Massive well done to all participants who represented the academy from qualifiers to the finals! pic.twitter.com/a8ePQoJrp2

16/07/25

Our KS3 band 'The Unknowns' performed to a sold out crowd at the Crystal Palace Youth concert. This event gets pupils up on a real festival stage to perform to an audience from the local area, and 'The Unknowns' absolutely rocked the arena this year! pic.twitter.com/OK94mU6O1T

15/07/25

Our incredible team of HCACP musicians took part in the inaugural Harris Festival of music recently, representing the Academy on the Piano, Violin and Steel Pans. pic.twitter.com/OaReduCZXA

07/07/25

Congratulations to our 2025/2026 prefects: Red tie Maths and Commerce Faculty Blue tie Communication Faculty Yellow tie Science and Technology Faculty Green tie Arts Faculty pic.twitter.com/iHflRbvPCX

28/06/25

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London ✈️ Madrid 🇪🇸 We’ve taken a very lucky and excited group of Year 7 boys from our partner Harris Federation site Harris City Academy Crystal Palace to Spain to participate in the Copa Alma 2025! 🤩 The tournament hosted by the Real Madrid Foundation will take place… pic.twitter.com/B6OuJ2MT7h

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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.

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.