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10/09/25

Remember to sign up via our website for one of our open events so we can show you what Harris Clapham has to offer. ⭐️Open Evening: Wed 8th Oct: 4pm - 6pm ⭐️Open Mornings: Tues 7th, Wed 8th and Thurs 9th Oct: 9:15am - 10am harrisclapham.org.uk/38/anno…  

05/09/25

What a fantastic first week back! It has been great to see students settling in, reconnecting, and diving into learning with energy and enthusiasm   

04/09/25

We are so excited to welcome prospective students and parents to our academy! Our banner is up and we can’t wait to show you what we have to offer. Open Evening: Wed 8th Oct: 4pm - 6pm Open Mornings: Tues 7th, Wed 8th and Thurs 9th Oct: 9:15am to 10am.  

03/09/25

The corridors are buzzing again — it is so good to have all our students back after the summer break. We're excited for the year ahead!   

02/09/25

What a fantastic first day with our new Year 7s – we’re so proud of how they’ve settled in and are looking forward to welcoming the rest of the school back tomorrow   

13/07/22

Brilliant to have our own police cadet unit on site! Our first intake of recruits are into week 12 of their training. Next intake in September!     

07/07/22

Fantastic trip to China Town for a meal (and to practise our language skills!) and then to the British Museum!   

04/07/22

Our Year 8 boys are south region Federation champions!

30/06/22

Official opening today! Very special event with superb speeches from our students in all three of the languages that they study! 

27/05/22

Great excitement as we set off for  this morning and an added bonus that we got to use the brand new  !

25/05/22

What a show!  our students had an amazing time!

25/05/22

Our students as language teachers! Thank you  for welcoming us and for allowing us to share our knowledge and enjoyment of learning Spanish and Chinese with you!   

25/05/22

Thank you to  for a very informative session with our students on road safety awareness. 

17/05/22

Our amazing students started their work with  two weeks ago and we are already in the top 100 schools!

13/05/22

Ten Clapham Credits cashed in for ice-cream today! 

13/05/22

Thank you  for a spectacular show this week - thoroughly enjoyed by staff and students alike! 

31/03/22

Huge congratulations to all our finalists and our first-ever winner of Clapham's Got Talent. You were all amazing and we thoroughly enjoyed admiring your skills and talents!

25/03/22

Great to see so many of our students taking up the offer of learning to play a musical instrument. Well done for modelling The Clapham Commitment and being both curious and tenacious! 

18/03/22

Very enriching Globe Theatre visit and workshop for our students this week to support them in their study of The Merchant of Venice.

18/03/22

Speaker building and gnocchi making in design technology for Year 8 today!

Harris Academies
All Academies in our Federation aim to transform the lives of the students they serve by bringing about rapid improvement in examination results, personal development and aspiration.

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Newham

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Student Leadership

There will be so many opportunities for our students to develop and demonstrate their leadership skills. This will include opportunities both inside and outside of the classroom.

Student LeadershipThe aims of our student leadership initiatives are to:

  • encourage active student engagement in learning and the life of the Academy/ Federation and community
  • be inclusive and give students a range of ways to model The Clapham Commitment and to represent their academy, including in the recruitment of staff
  • nurture the skills required to develop responsibility, independence, teamwork and maturity in relationships with students and staff
  • design appropriate curriculum and extra-curricular/enrichment opportunities that are influenced by student voice and choice
  • promote active citizenship by establishing a fully functioning democratic body with real influence in the Academy
  • contribute to whole Academy improvement
  • develop staff: student dialogue, with a focus on improving the quality of education provided.

Student leadership organisation

Student Forum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Student Forum - The Forum is a key mechanism for discussing and making suggestions about issues of whole Academy importance but which represent students’ collective views. This body will be democratically elected from each tutor group (one per tutor).

 

The Student Forum be led by the Senior Tutees (one boy and one girl). The Forum will meet formally once per term. It will have an agenda and planning programme to guide its work.

Additional Student Leadership Roles

These students are not elected but chosen by staff and have specific roles.

  • Peer Mentor
  • Buddy
  • Clapham Commitment Ambassadors: these will include Tour Guide, Library Monitor, Innovation Experience Advisors, Enrichment Reviewer, Arts Ambassadors. Other roles may be added during the year.

Each role will come with a job description. This will explain to students what their role will involve. Students can then choose to apply if they feel that the role suits their interests. Our leadership roles will start towards the end of September.

Surveys

All students will have the opportunity to express their views, suggestions, ideas and concerns about Academy life through the Student Forum. Summaries of student views will also be gathered as required, for example, about enrichment.

In our first year, the termly focus for Student Forum meeting will be research and feedback on:

  • Term 1 – What is it like to be a student at Harris Clapham? Do we feel safe here?
  • Term 2 – What is the range and quality of enrichment?
  • Term 3 – What do we want for Year 8 and what will make our lives better?