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15/12/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Brouhaha, n. a noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something. e.g. "A brouhaha erupted over her statements about the president"    

08/12/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon:  Preternatural, adj. a formal adjective used to describe things that are very unusual in a way that does not seem natural. e.g. "He has a preternatural knack for imitating birdcalls"    

03/12/25

After seeing how successful our One Jamaica One Love Relief Drive was last week our students decided to leave the drive open for an extra day. Amazing work from our student body.

01/12/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Asinine, adj. 1. extremely stupid or foolish.    

27/11/25

Hats off to all the Year 13 students who performed their devised pieces for their A-Level Drama assessments last week. Congratulations to you all 🎊🎊

25/11/25

So proud of our amazing student body who came together for Our One Day Jamaica Relief Drive on Friday 🇯🇲 Thank you to the staff and students who worked to make it possible - your generosity has had a real impact.

25/11/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Jejune, adj. 1. naive, simplistic, and superficial; "their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions". 2. (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting.    

13/11/25

It was great to hear from another of our alumni this week as we spoke to Zaya, she's doing amazingly at a degree apprenticeship. If you'd like to read more about Zaya's experience at HCL6F and her time since click the link below! harrisclaphamsixthform.org.u…

10/11/25

A final reminder about our Open Evening tomorrow on Tuesday - we look forward to meeting you all!

10/11/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Gibbous, adj. most often used to describe the moon or a planet when it is seen with more than half, but not all of the apparent disk illuminated.    

03/11/25

8 days until our Open Evening on Tuesday 11 November. Book your place today! pic.twitter.com/N5R9h9wNza

22/10/25

Last week some of our students took part in the Senior Mathematical Challenge, a competition run by UKMT. It's always great to see our students aiming high and celebrating their knowledge. So proud of everyone that competed!      

20/10/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Obviate, v. to obviate something (usually a need for something, or a necessity) is to anticipate and prevent it    

15/10/25

Open Evening 2025, Tuesday 11th November, 16:30-19:00. More information in the picture. We look forward to seeing you!#HCL6F pic.twitter.com/2OLbexAoEt

13/10/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Mollify, v. appease the anger or anxiety of (someone). e.g. "nature reserves were set up around the power stations to mollify the local conservationists"#HCL6F

08/10/25

We're so excited that our Cultural Perspectives classes started last week, it's always great to see our students exploring something meaningful beyond the curriculum. This term students options include alchemy, Greek myths, healthy relationships, surrealism, and more.

06/10/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon:  Debunk, v. expose the falseness or hollowness of (an idea or belief    

29/09/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Sinuous, adj. having many curves and turns. "the river follows a sinuous trail through the dale".    

26/09/25

We've had the great privilege to speak to another of our alumni recently, click below to read about how Zaya is doing at her Bloomberg degree apprenticeship. harrisclaphamsixthform.org.u…    

22/09/25

This week in Mr Lepretres Lexicon: Cynicism, n. an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; scepticism

Harris Academies
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CTECs

A CTEC, or Cambridge Technical Qualification, is a Level 3 qualification, much like A-Levels but with a greater vocational focus. These courses focus not just on results, but on educating young people in the knowledge and skills required for employment. The courses are taught at a high quality with expert teaching and up to date resources. 

At Harris Clapham Sixth Form we offer the following CTEC courses: 

Humanities Linguistic & Creative Arts Science Maths & Mathematical Science
Criminology (Coming 2026) Media Applied Science Business
Mental Health (Coming 2026)   Sport (Coming 2026) Information Technology
    Health and Social Care (Coming 2026) Cyber Security (Coming 2026)
    Human Biology (Coming 2026)  

 

  • Both Media and Applied Science can be taken as double qualifications, meaning that they can be accompanied by one other qualification. Media can be taken as a single qualification (although not accompanied by double Media). Business and Information Technology can only be taken as single qualifications. 

Feel free to click each subject to download a subject information sheet, where you can find out more about the subject. This includes: 

  • Exam board
  • Subject content
  • Possible career paths

We take great pride in our CTEC courses, and this is demonstrated by the incredible results that our students produce year after year. In 2025 100% of vocational students passed their qualifications, with a huge 70% achieving a Distinction or Distinction* grade. 

Our success stories: 

In 2025 Temora received an incredible set of results with D*DD and is now studying Data Science at the University of Greenwich. 

“The most important thing is to be confident in your abilities. The best thing about sixth form for me was finding a friendship group who are strong minded and ambitious” 

Rhianne earned an incredible D*D in CTEC and a C at A-Level and is now in her second year studying Forensic Psychology at Nottingham Trent University.  

“Sixth form was stressful, but good. I would say to others – be confident and don’t give up. Keep up your faith and be strong.” 

Please click here to visit the ‘Meet our Staff’ page.