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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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Posted on February 4th 2020

2019 'Apprentice' Winner Carina Inspires Sixth Formers

Former student and 2019 Apprentice winner Carina Lepore (second left) returned to Harris City Academy Crystal Palace last week to inspire our sixth formers with her story of success.

Carina was a student here from 1998 to 2004 and rose to fame when she won the 2019 Apprentice TV competition, landing a job as Lord Sugar's newest business partner and £250,000 investment too. She is now owner and founder of the Dough Artisan Bakehouse in Herne Hill.

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Carina spoke to our Year 12 students at the academy about her journey since leaving school, and how she started her first business at the age of 18. She talked about entrepreneurship and what it was like to appear on the Apprentice.

She also met two of her old teachers: Mrs Sales in Food Technology (above, second right) and Ms Gatty in Media Studies teacher.

"I feel very inspired" - Disha, Year 12

"It was so great to meet and speak to Carina about how she built her business and landed the investment from Lord Sugar,” said Disha, Year 12. "She was such a lovely person and gave us some great advice. I’m feeling very inspired.”

Katherine Cumberbatch, Principal of Harris City Academy Crystal Palace added: "Carina is a fantastic role model to our students. She is a driven, ambitious businesswoman who has shown that with hard work and a passion to succeed our students really can achieve anything they set their minds to. It was a delight to welcome Carina back to the academy.”

Carina wants to help and inspire young people to achieve their goals and offered her time and advice to any of the academy’s students who wanted to meet her.

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