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02/09/25

Harris Clapham Sixth Form is still open for late enrolment. If you're looking to come and join us, either email info.org.uk or come to the school tomorrow between 11.00 and 12:30. We have a few places left but would love for you to come and join us!

02/09/25

We're so excited to start the new academic year at HCL6F. We look forward to welcoming the new Year 12 cohort, and catching up with our fantastic Year 13s. We look forward to an incredible year and can't wait to see the amazing things our students and staff do.

28/08/25

"The past year has been hugely challenging in more ways than one but I am so proud of what I have achieved. My teachers at Harris Clapham Sixth Form went above and beyond to help me catch up and devoted a lot of their time to supporting me. I am incredibly grateful to them."

28/08/25

We're extremely excited to announce that Harris Clapham Sixth Form has sent it's first pupil to the University of Oxford! A huge congratulations to Nicholas who has successfully secured a place to study History at St Peter's College. pic.twitter.com/XcZcyzVNeX

21/08/25

Good morning! We look forward to enrolling our new Year 12’s today. Enrolment will take place both today and tomorrow from 10am - 4pm Please see the below image to find out what you must bring with you. pic.twitter.com/r7vdwZJV8P

15/08/25

Harris Sixth Formers celebrate 100% pass rate in vocational courses The sixth form has only been going for five years@HAClaphamSixthhttps://t.co/P8cIjTcwmJ pic.twitter.com/qbNtZ5hTou

14/08/25

This is an amazing set of outcomes for students coming from some of the most disadvantaged parts of South London. https://t.co/SxiEYcD1dy

14/08/25

Head of School, Sarah Heuston says: "Our students have won places at the best universities in the country on high tariff courses. We could not be prouder of them as they step out into the world to make their mark.”

14/08/25

The Academy’s exceptional results mean that students can now take up places at some of the country’s leading universities to study subjects such as Medicine, Architecture, Zoology, Psychology, Computer Science, Politics and Biochemistry.

14/08/25

Over one third of all entries achieved A*-B grades (or equivalent) with almost a fifth (19%) achieving the top A* and A grades (or equivalent).  100% of vocational students passed their qualifications with a huge 70% achieving a Distinction or Distinction* grade.

14/08/25

Students and staff at Harris Clapham Sixth Form were celebrating this morning following the release of this year’s A Level results. pic.twitter.com/PcmvCS0n8x

14/08/25

🎉Congratulations Dami! Having moved to the UK only two years ago, Dami will soon be taking up a place to study Medicine after achieving outstanding results today. pic.twitter.com/ufaacGNOSX

04/07/25

This week we had a careers talk delivered by an Oxford Graduate and soon to be Harvard student. Candace O gave great pointers to our students who are looking to study Medicine and/or apply for Oxbridge.#WeAreHarrrisClaphamSixthForm pic.twitter.com/Ewaei3YGMV

04/07/25

Congratulations to all our staff and students on this outstanding recognition!#TesAwards

04/07/25

📚 73% of our academies are rated Outstanding. 🎓 1 in 4 students go to Russell Group universities 👩‍🏫 Over 1,250 new teachers trained each year through the National Institute of Teaching, where Harris is a founding member.

04/07/25

The Harris Federation has been named ‘Trust Team of the Year’ at the TES Schools Awards 2025! 🎉 From transforming lives in disadvantaged communities to sending students to Russell Group universities and even Harvard- this award celebrates our incredible staff and students.

27/06/25

Proud CEO moment! Watching former students thrive in their careers is the ultimate reward. Their success is a testament to the power of education, mentorship, and resilience. Here's to the future leaders who started with us! pic.twitter.com/q6KtRsEiqZ

05/06/25

A massive congratulations to Nadia Khan who competed in the Maths Battle at King’s College, University of London. The Battle involves solving high level maths problems against the clock, and challenging the proofs of other mathematicians. Wow.....#mathsbattle pic.twitter.com/nSBnPP0YN4

21/05/25

My remarkable PA is leaving me after 9 years for a new challenge. Would anyone like to come and work with me - I'm told a high tolerance of whimsy is required.https://t.co/fUpQ6xiXnO

02/05/25

Our Student President Ruweida sharing her Culture Day highlights! pic.twitter.com/1ubpR4vntF

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Safeguarding

Making sure that our students are safe is the number one priority. Our key job is to make sure we identify, help and manage any child protection concerns. For us this includes our safeguarding curriculum, that is, how we educate our students, in an age-appropriate way, to look after themselves, physically, emotionally and mentally.

Harris Clapham Sixth Form is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of young people, and we expect everyone who works in and with our sixth form to share this commitment. Our Safeguarding Policy has been reviewed by Governors and can be accessed at the bottom of this page (as well as e-Safety and mobile phone use policies). Please note these have been reviewed against the most recent version of Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Reporting and managing any concerns

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Ms Adams. She will oversee the strategic and operational aspects of safeguarding. She is supported by Ms Heuston, Mr Handscombe, Mr Lloyd, Ms Buakuma, Ms Sandy, Ms Padmore, Ms Jacklin and Mr Butterworth as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSLs). All leaders have had the local authority DSL training. Their details are displayed across the academy and issued to students.

Contact details for the safeguarding team:

  • Designated Safeguarding Lead: Ms Adams - R.Adams@harrisclaphamsixthform.org.uk 
  • Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Ms Heuston - S.Heuston@harrisclaphamsixthform.org.uk
  • Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mr Lloyd
  • Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mr Davies
  • Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mr Lloyd
  • Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Ms Padmore
  • Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Ms Sandy
  • Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Ms Jacklin

Emails are checked regularly but, if urgent, call Reception on 0204 542 4900. The Receptionist, Ms Johnson, can make contact with a DSL/DDSL in the event of an emergency. The Head of School is also supported by a range of different staff, including our tutors who deliver the tutor programme and are the first port of call for our tutees.

All staff, volunteers and visitors have a duty to report concerns about a young person, either because the young person may be in need of additional support or if it is thought that the student may have been abused or is at risk of abuse. We know that our students may come from different boroughs and so we share the contact details for each borough with our staff.

Concerned about your child or another person's child?

The law is very clear about who is responsible for the safety of children (a child is anyone aged up to 18 years old) and that is all of us. If you have a concern about a student, you have a responsibility to that student to speak to someone. Below are various actions, depending on the nature of your concern:

  1. If you believe a child to be in imminent danger, call the Police on 101 or 999.
  2. Call the school and ask to speak to the DSL
  3. Call MASH on 020 7926 5555 – Lambeth's Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub. MASH is the coordinating body for the main local services for child protection.
  4. Contact CEOP, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command, if your concern is about online child sexual exploitation.

Educating our students to stay safe

It is important that we teach our students, recognising that they are between 16 and 19 years old, how to stay safe. This reflects the contextual safeguarding risks in and around Lambeth where the academy is based. Currently, this means ensuring students knowing about:

  • child criminal exploitation, including ‘county lines’
  • serious youth violence, including knife crime
  • child sexual exploitation, including that for boys
  • protection from radicalisation, extremism and terrorism

We work with a variety of agencies, including the police, in helping to educate our students on staying safe. We also have our personal, relationship, social and health education programme that specifically maps out and plan what and how students will learn to stay safe over the course of both Years 12 and 13.

Students also have their form tutor who will get to know them well and will be the first port of call should there by any day-to-day welfare concerns. We also have a counselling service as part of our welfare team where students will be able to self-refer.

Keeping yourself safe

There are many things you can do to keep yourself safe. The first is always talk to someone if you have any concerns or worries. At the academy all our staff are friendly and approachable.

Staying Safe Online
Keeping yourself safe online is a must. You will learn more about this during lessons, but we’ve also put together some resources for you to find out more:

Remember, if you need immediate help, call 999.

Your Digital Footprint
Everything you post online stays around for a long, long, long, long, long, long time. Before you post anything online THINK – Is it True? Is it Helpful? Is it Inspiring? Is it Necessary? Is it Kind?

If you post something cruel, vicious or deliberately intend to cause offence, then this will make someone else feel unsafe. We all have to show commitment to making the academy a safe place, both within and outside of the building. Therefore do not make posts or comments about other people on any social media; it is unacceptable.

Preventing radicalisation, extremism and terrorism (RET)

We take our obligations under the Prevent duty seriously and adopt a 'proactive resilience approach'. Our Prevent Lead is Ms Adams.

  • give students a safe space to debate and challenge ideas within our personal, relationships, social and health education
  • have a guest speakers' policy which is coordinated by our designated safeguarding lead
  • have a coordinated approach to staff training so that staff know the language, signs and vulnerabilities to look out for when considering RET
  • have the structures and processes to implement our RET policy effectively.

 

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