Curriculum Overview
Endeavour for Excellence. Honesty and Integrity. Self-Belief with a Global View.
The Harris Academy Clapham curriculum aims to ensure that students have a deep, broad and innovative range of learning experiences, both inside and outside the classroom.
The Clapham curriculum is designed to meet the needs, aspirations and abilities of individual students, to improve their life chances and enable them to make a positive contribution to the city and world in which they live.
Through the Clapham academic, enrichment and pastoral curriculum we expect our students to develop powerful knowledge and the following values and character attributes that will enable them to achieve our vision that ‘Everything is possible, when you C A R E',
Commitment – to being successful
Ambitious – for the future
Resilient – enough to keep going, even when its hard
Empathy – to take care of and look after each other
If you have any queries about our curriculum please contact Will Jellis, Vice Principal, on info@harrisclapham.org.uk or 0204 513 9350.
Our curriculum intent
At Harris Academy Clapham, we are committed to ensuring that every student feels known, valued and capable of success in a safe, and supportive environment. We believe that education should not only broaden opportunities but also give young people the confidence to seize them.
We ensure that every student develops a strong sense of belonging, rooted in the knowledge that their future is not determined by their starting point.
With an accessible and knowledge-rich curriculum, and our values of Commitment, Ambition, Resilience and Empathy, we cultivate an environment that celebrates success, critical thinking and the valuable learning that comes from making mistakes. Through this, our students develop the knowledge, character, and self-belief needed to excel in the Lambeth community and beyond.
The Clapham Way
At Harris Clapham the curriculum is delivered through high-quality teaching, codified in the Clapham Way, to enable all Clapham students to have a deep knowledge and skills base that will fully prepare them for their future lives.
Our principles
We follow these principles in our planning:
- Deep learning where the subject specific knowledge and skills come first
- Embedding and building on the basics - ensuring that every student acquires the vocabulary, literacy and numeracy skills to enable them to fully participate in society
- The curriculum must be rigorous and relevant by engaging with the best of what has been thought and said and acknowledging that knowledge is fluid and can be contested
- The curriculum must prepare for life in modern Britain and beyond, and enable Clapham students to understand their rights and fulfil their responsibilities under the Equality Act.
Our students deserve nothing less than excellence. Our teachers are experts who are highly effective in their craft.
Enrichment
Every child deserves the opportunity to flourish both inside and outside the classroom. Extra-curricular activities are of the upmost importance in our curriculum. We have a wide range of clubs on offer, and every student is encouraged to do at least one after school enrichment club each week.
Our Curriculum Policy can be found on our Teaching and Learning page.
