Harris Academy Wimbledon

Harris Academy Wimbledon is coeducational secondary school located in the Wimbledon in Greater London, England. It is part of the Harris Federation multi-academy trust. It opened to pupils in September 2018 in temporary accommodation. It had a pre-opening Ofsted inspection .

Harris Academy Wimbledon
Address
Whatley Avenue,

Raynes Park
,
Greater London
,
SW20 9NS

England
Coordinates51.406229°N 0.217069°W / 51.406229; -0.217069
Information
TypeFree school
MottoIndependence Integrity Resilience
EstablishedSeptember 2014 (2014-09)
Local authorityMerton London Borough Council
TrustHarris Federation
Department for Education URN145860 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalJoanne Larizadeh
GenderMixed
Age range11–18
Enrolment315 (2020)[1]
Capacity1150[1]
Websiteharriswimbledon.org.uk

Description

Intending to be a high achieving co-educational comprehensive academy serving children from the ages of 11-18. It opened to a single year group, Year 7 in September 2018. The intake are streamed and it is intended that over 90% of students following the EBacc curriculum of English, Maths, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, a Humanities subject (History and Geography) and a language (Spanish and Latin).[2] Harris academies offer strong pastoral care.

Curriculum intent

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the National Curriculum, and are inspected by Ofsted on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum'.[3] Schools endeavour to get all students to achieve the English Baccalaureate(EBACC) qualification- this must include core subjects a modern or ancient foreign language, and either History or Geography. Schools have been strongly advised to offer a three year Key Stage 3. The Harris Academy Wimbledon has decided that there are grounds for teaching all of its pupils Spanish and Latin. Spanish is justified on the number of hispanophones worldwide.[4]

Knowledge acquisition is central to this schools curriculum. They aspire to provide varied contexts for students to acquire, develop and apply the broad knowledge they define. It takes the knowledge the pupils learnt in primary school and takes the knowledge published in the National Curriculum and sequences it so they master essential disciplinary and substantive knowledge needed for GCSE and A level success as excellent examination results are the key to the next stage of education, training or employment.[4]

Curriculum delivery

Teaching method embraces four strands.

  • Powerful disciplinary knowledge: All young people should have access to the kinds of knowledge which may not be encountered at home. Long term learning is more important than short term recall.
  • High challenge: High and low ability students must be challenged to do their best
  • Teachers are the experts: they are the ones who can best interpret the material for their particular students, and how it should be delivered
  • Human with the subject: the school want to develop well-rounded young people with social conscience, ready to lead. Teaching should develop the key principles of independence, integrity and resilience.

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Buildings

The school opened in a refurbished Victoria premises but is to move new premises designed by CPMG Architects in 2020.[5] Though the site is compact, it offers sports opportunities in football, rugby, hockey, netball, cricket, and tennis. There are programmes including drama, dance, music, technology, art & design and photography that will benefit from specialist rooms.[2]

References
  1. "Harris Wimbledon Academy". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. "Virtual Prospective Parents Evening 2020 - Harris Academy Wimbledon". www.harriswimbledon.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. Roberts, Nerys. "The school curriculum in England Parliamentary Briefing Paper" (PDF). parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. "Harris-Academy-Wimbledon-Curriculum-Intent-2019-20" (PDF). hariswimbledon.org.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  5. "Harris Academy, Wimbledon | Architecture". CPMG Architects. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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