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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

27/06/25

Harris Federation Named Trust of the Year at TES Schools Awards - Harris Highlights - Harris Federation... https://t.co/AuD4PU4TXK

23/06/25

We are delighted to share that following our Ofsted inspection in April, Harris City Academy Crystal Palace has been graded as 'Outstanding' in all categories.#allcanachieve pic.twitter.com/WOAgheUXZO

20/06/25

140 students set out for Ypres, Belgium yesterday morning to spend the day in the World War One Battlefields. pic.twitter.com/SKEEz7fIhK

19/06/25

We are delighted to announce that our talented musicians will be performing at the Harris Federation Festival of Music at Croydon Fairfield Halls on Wednesday 9th July . Tickets cost £6 pic.twitter.com/lqfnBQzKUM

31/03/25

Last week Year 11 went up to The Globe Theatre to see Macbeth which they will be writing about in their upcoming exams. It was a fantastic & engaging performance! Thank you and for the opportunity! pic.twitter.com/ePxu35HH0L

28/03/25

Another professional performance from the U16 boys basketball team sees them through to the National Schools semi final. pic.twitter.com/ET9Nqj5wiI

28/03/25

It was not to be for the U17 girls in the National final. Terrific experience for the girls who gave it their all. pic.twitter.com/c9gcIXblkO

22/03/25

Congratulations to the U16 boys team on their win last night. They are now through to the last 8 of the National Schools competition. pic.twitter.com/kmpBfDrTo7

14/03/25

Congratulations to our Year 7 boys' athletic team! A fantastic achievement! https://t.co/msdqouEH3R

14/03/25

Year 12 students completed their training as Antibullying Ambassadors through the Diana Award this week and are ready to take over from the fabulous job the Year 13 team have been doing. pic.twitter.com/yL5pjOa59f

14/03/25

Congratulations to our new Year 10 prefects on their induction this week! pic.twitter.com/PCGvSZq4Mt

08/03/25

Happy International Women’s Day 💫 At Kinetic Foundation, we’re proud to recognise and empower our Kinetic Girls every single day 💛🖤 We’re also proud to be fully inclusive regardless of gender, ability, financial situation or ethnicity and can offer young people an education… pic.twitter.com/PATR8Y9UIV

07/03/25

Congratulations to our HCACP community for all their contributions to the food bank. pic.twitter.com/1qEpslitew

07/03/25

We had the fantastic lead interactive sessions today providing knowledge, fostering social awareness & decision making skills around underage drinking. It was incredibly engaging; teachers & students were captivated from start to finish pic.twitter.com/jyFYc1a6Io

06/03/25

Last Friday was Jamaica Day! We celebrated with patois quiz in the morning and information about the day. We had jerk wings for lunch and staff celebrated with our Jamaican teachers in the afternoon with Jamaican treats. pic.twitter.com/hlwqdDOJN9

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Posted on October 30th 2015

English Speaking Union host Lords Chamber event at HCACP

On Thursday 22nd of October, the English Speaking Union visited HCACP to host the first House of Lords 'Talking Day' of 2015. On December the 4th, for only the ninth time ever, members of the public will be invited to take a seat in the House of Lords Chamber and debate on the topic of 'Diversity in Parliament'. 

15 HCACP students from years 11-13 were joined by members of the British Humanist Association and the London Girl Guides in a workshop aimed at identifying London's most promising young (and not so young) speakers.

The event involved a variety of speaking activities, a round-table discussion and concluded with a mock House of Lords style debate from which the best speakers were identified.

Robyn Roach (11MP) has been chosen to be one of only a handful of key speakers on the day, giving a prepared speech from the floor in the chamber. It's no understatement to say that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity; Robyn will join an exclusive group of only a few hundred people to ever speak in the House of Lords without a peerage.

All 15 students present on the day will join hundreds of others from around the UK in December to take a seat on the red benches and debate the representativeness of the House of Lords.

Stay tuned on the HCACP website and our twitter @HCACP_MA for more updates.

Congratulations to all the speakers.

Charlie Comerford
Deputy Head of Social Sciences
Coordinator for Most Able Students