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11/09/24

Our students are on their way back from the Harris In Harmony rehearsals. 🎶🎹 We look forward to seeing them on the stage representing our academy! pic.twitter.com/cZ1WWRmc2k

10/09/24

Welcome everyone to a new academic year! Our academic year started off with assemblies. Ms Heuston our Head of School talked about the importance of bravery. Mr Handscombe our Executive Principal discussed how to navigate life challenges (through the art of juggling) 🤹. pic.twitter.com/b3uDFP32ZS

04/09/24

Today's assembly for year 13 was from Mr Handscombe and illustrated his circus skills (as a metaphor for managing the challenges of the new year)https://t.co/duUw76Bzxf

23/08/24

Today is day 2 of Harris Clapham Sixth Form enrolment for September 2024 - if you've just got your GCSEs and are looking for a challenging, supportive environment for your sixth form (particularly if you're in South London) then come and find us today between 10.30 and 3pm pic.twitter.com/Ltg9ybmP6b

22/08/24

Congratulations to all of our Year 11s on their outstanding GCSE results. We are very proud of them all. pic.twitter.com/4saSTZGQZ1

22/08/24

Enrolment day at Harris Clapham and Westminster Sixth Forms, so good luck to offer-holders getting your GCSEs, we hope to see you later. On my way in I found a beautiful conker, which I’m taking to be a good omen. pic.twitter.com/UiO1rzFiB7

15/07/24

I’ve just come out of the HCL6F rewards evening and, despite being rather hungry and definitely end-of-term sleepy, I am buzzing!Great guest star in Steve Leeson of but the highlight for me was Student President Ruweida’s vote of thanks - calm, clear, assured. https://t.co/mA2fTqhM5F

15/07/24

This was the induction assembly for prospective students joining Year 12 in September 2024 from our Executive Principal. Wise, striking, and occasionally rhyming words. https://t.co/aIZCYMCch6

15/07/24

Looking forward to our rewards evening at Harris Clapham Sixth Form - the third year is coming to an end and we have a group of amazing students to celebrate!

08/07/24

Happy Monday! Today at Harris Clapham Sixth Form we have an exciting Careers Day planned.To start the day off, our students had an assembly by our Vice Principal Mr Lloyd on the UCAS process pic.twitter.com/fknpg5FJIy

25/06/24

I get a badge for this one and everything! https://t.co/bDjaaQeteJ

24/06/24

Last week Our Year 12 Sociology, Politics and History students enjoyed a tour around the UK Parliament today. Here are some of them in the House of Lords looking as noble as any of the 92 Hereditary peers who sit in the UK's second chamber! pic.twitter.com/5yr9ua6T83

10/06/24

Last week during enrichment, walking club enjoyed the sunshine and nature in Clapham Common and had a pleasant afternoon together. pic.twitter.com/jTZnRKmBKq

10/06/24

Mr Lepretre’s lexicon for this week! pic.twitter.com/QbW1MzcGeL

10/06/24

An exciting House competition update. Here at Harris Clapham Sixth Form, we currently have House Morris in first place, Franklin in second and Kahlo and Mendes in joint third. With one more House competiton, there is still all to play for!

15/05/24

Last Friday, we had a moving Year 13 Assembly followed by a fun student led Soirée. It was a lovely way for the community to come together and celebrate Year 13’s journey with us. pic.twitter.com/fUXbR3jNJj

08/05/24

It’s a two assembly week, so as well as linguistically interesting advice for year 12s, we have a timely sporting analogy for Year 13:https://t.co/3fwj02ZhHd

07/05/24

This afternoon’s Year 12 assembly at introduced me to a new word and has left me pondering its plural. A mumpsimus is an error determinedly continued despite correction, but is it two mumpsimi, mumpsimuses, mumpsimodes?https://t.co/gilB5u4jZs

29/04/24

Exciting to see our assemblies quoted in the news (not a lot of sixth forms can claim that):https://t.co/s6FNikS8Ik

26/04/24

Today, our Student President Ruweida and one of our Vice Presidents Sarah went over to to deliver some words of wisdom to the Year students about how to prepare for Year 11 next year.#community pic.twitter.com/G3QF8zPACf

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PRSHE, Assemblies and Tutorials

All of our work is focused on developing the Clapham Character that our students further develop as they join us. This includes a strong focus on developing leadership knowledge and skills, balanced with further learning on staying safe.

Personal, Relationships, Sex and Health Education (PRSHE)

As part of a student’s weekly timetable, they have two tutor sessions with their form tutor. During these sessions, tutors deliver PRSHE. Students learn in an age-appropriate way, how to keep themselves safe, physically, mentally and emotionally. Some of the content that students learn links to the ‘contextual’ risks that students face living in and around London. These include:

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

Students hear from a variety of agencies, including the police, about staying safe. Our PRSHE programme recognises that students are 16 to 19 years old. Other content will include the world of finance, personal budgeting and careers/UCAS (please see the tab with more details on UCAS).

Our programme therefore focuses on building from what students would have learned in secondary school, extending their knowledge and developing a deeper understanding as they prepare for employment, independence and their highly successful lives ahead.

We have a clear and cohesive strategy to ensure that academy has a culture of openess and mutual respect, a place where everyone is free from sexual harassment and/or sexual violence.

Please see our PRSHE policy in Teaching and Learning.

Assemblies

Assemblies tend to take place weekly. There may be whole academy assemblies or faculty assemblies led by a senior leader. A full assemblies programme is created for the year. The assemblies complement the PRSHE curriculum so everything flows together. Assemblies are one of the times when guest speakers come in to speak to students. This could be the Lambeth nursing team for example. Please see our Assemblies and Collective Worship policy in Teaching and Learning.

To read Mr Handscombe's recent assemblies at both Harris Clapham and Harris Westminster Sixth Forms click here

Tutoring

The tutor will be the first port of call for a student. There will be roughly 20 students in a tutor group. Every tutor will get to know their tutees really well. As well as delivering PRSHE, tutors support students by celebrating their successes and helping them manage the challenges of sixth form studies. Tutors will also liaise with parents and carers during the academic year.