View our posts

08/10/24

Year 10 drama students have all created wonderful homework based on Drama Practitioners we have been studying this half term. Here are a few excellent examples. pic.twitter.com/cS6fJ9k7p8

04/10/24

Three of our talented students have had their final Harris in Harmony rehearsal today ahead of next weeks performance! Can not wait to watch them. pic.twitter.com/lJDXHJYHGP

03/10/24

pic.twitter.com/kMZTvPlvdf

01/10/24

Year 10 were lucky enough to experience a workshop by last Friday, in which they got to explore the use of movement and the written word. This will enable them to be more physical in future projects! Thanks hope to work with you again soon. pic.twitter.com/aQ7PGDjAdg

25/09/24

🚨 U16 Netball Rally 🚨 was due to take place on Monday 30th September. This has been postponed. Netball club will continue as normal after school on Monday.

23/09/24

HAOC is welcoming Yr 6 students into the academy for an Open Evening on Thursday 26th September from 5.00-7.00pm. We look forward to seeing you there! For full details and to BOOK YOUR PLACE click below. https://t.co/Ef6Ki9a8EO

19/09/24

Some of our sports leaders completing a blindfolded obstacle course to work on their communication and teamwork. pic.twitter.com/Rl9CRNLYPh

17/09/24

Exciting and positive start to Year 7 Performing Arts Enrichments today. pic.twitter.com/RpGXWEH9Pc

16/09/24

Excellent turn out for netball club tonight. pic.twitter.com/UK850o8QYn

16/09/24

🚨 ⚽️ Year 10 boys football training is CANCELLED tonight. Please see a member of the PE department if you have any questions. ⚽️ 🚨 All other clubs are going ahead as normal.

05/09/24

Please see the table for PE clubs this half term. Clubs will begin on Monday 9th September 3:30-4:30pm. If you have any questions please see a member of the PE department ⚽️🏐🏈 pic.twitter.com/MpdUYzNFzq

19/07/24

Moving onto our afternoon events. Who will be this years overall sports day winners?🏆 pic.twitter.com/GAi4ULATrE

19/07/24

Sports Day 2024 is underway 🏆 pic.twitter.com/H3u4tYMTMy

18/07/24

Year 8s having fun at Hever Castle 🏰 pic.twitter.com/7cTDO2Qbf9

18/07/24

Visiting Hever Castle and having an amazing time making memories! 🏰✨ pic.twitter.com/sG3g4tO6fh

17/07/24

Students presenting their sustainable hot sauce Dip ‘n Season at Drapers’ hall Enterprise Challenge. Sharon, Jasmine, Anais, Divine, Capprice 💪🎤🎯 pic.twitter.com/309SAXuSN5

17/07/24

Students preparing for the Enterprise challenge! From 20 teams, down to the final 4. Wishing our Harris Ockendon team best of luck tonight 🍀 pic.twitter.com/XNJtgHDUcF

17/07/24

Year 12s had a great time making memories at Chessington World of Adventures today 🎢🎡😎 pic.twitter.com/ezEhvFJYdY

17/07/24

Students having fun in the Natural History Museum 😎 pic.twitter.com/B8DPY5UpJ7

17/07/24

Feudal system? 🏰 Completed it already 👍 pic.twitter.com/2hJSPmfwIa

Harris Academies
All Academies in our Federation aim to transform the lives of the students they serve by bringing about rapid improvement in examination results, personal development and aspiration.

Central Office

Bexley

Bromley

Clapham

Croydon

Greenwich

Haringey

Havering

Merton

Newham

Southwark

Stratford

Sutton

Thurrock

Wandsworth

Westminster

Willesden

Additional Reading

As a Sixth Form we want to encourage our students to become engrossed in their learning and find a love of developing their knowledge.

With this in mind, please see an additional reading list below that our subjects believe can promote a love of knowledge for students.

Many of these books will be found in our library, available for all students to borrow at any time.

Art

  • History of Art a Students Guide
  • The shock of the New: art and the Century of change' by Robert Hughes

Biology

  • Richard Dawkins: The Selfish Gene
  • The Blind Watchmaker.
  • Nessa Carey: Hacking the Code of Life
  • Nick Lane:  Power, sex, suicide: Mitochondria and the meaning of life.
  • Yuval Noah Harari:: A brief history of humankind
  • Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything
  • The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher.
  • Barry Gibb: The Rough Guide to the Brain
  • Adam Rutherford: A brief history of everyone who ever lived
  • Lewis Wolpert: How we live and why we die: The secret lives of cells.

Business Studies

  • Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert Kyosaki and Sharon Lechter
  • Shoe Dog Phil Knight
  • Richard Branson Autobiography
  • Edexcel AS/A Level Textbook D Hall et al 5th Edition

Chemistry

  • The Science of Everyday Life: Why Teapots Dribble, Toast Burns and Light Bulbs Shine
  • Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements

Computer Science

  • Computational Fairy Tales Jeremy Kubica
  • OCR Computer Science for A and A Level

Drama

  • Yerma - Lorca
  • Antigone – Sophocles
  • An Actor Prepares - Stanislavski

Design and Technology

  • AQA A Level Design and Technology
  • Essential Maths skills for A level DT
  • 100 Ideas that changed design
  • Making It – Manufacturing techniques for product design – Chris Lefteri
  • Product Design in the sustainable era – Julius Wiedemann

Economics

  • Why Nations Fail: Darren Acemoglu
  • The Undercover Economist: Tim Harford
  • How to make the world add up: Tim Harford

English

  • Frankenstein', Mary Shelley  and Andrew Green's guide to Frankenstein
  • Never Let Me Go', Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Streercar Named Desire', Tennessee Williams and York Notes A Level study guide 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
  • King Lear', Shakespeare    and Philip Allan's A level guide to King Lear
  • The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse'  and Liz Croft 'Victorian Verse'.
  • Poems of the Decade', an 'Understanding Poems of the Decade for A Level Edexcel

Finance

  • LIBF CeFS & DipFS Financial Studies

French

  • L’Etranger – Albert Camus
  • Calligrammes – Apollinaire
  • Le Père Goriot – Honoré de Balzac
  • Contes de la Bécasse – Guy de Maupassa

Further Maths and Maths

  • How to Think like a Mathematician Kevin Houston (CUP, 2009)
  • Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World Mariana Cook
  • Alan Turing, the Enigma A. Hodges (Vintage, 2014)
  • The Music of the Primes Marcus du Sautoy (Harper-Collins, 2003)

Geography

  • The Geography of Genius
  • Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World
  • Atlas of Improbable Places: A Journey to the world’s most unusual corners

History

  • The Tudor Century (I Dawson)
  • England 1485-1603 (D Murphy)
  • Rivalry and accord (J. Lowe/R. Pearce)
  • The First World War: a short introduction (M Howard)

Law

  • The Secret Barrister ‘Stories of the Law and how it is broken’. By the Secret Barrister
  • What About the Law? - Catherine Barnard, Janet O'Sullivan and Graham Virgo
  • In Black and White by Alexandra Wilson
  • The Rule of Law Tom Bingham
  • Eve was Framed Helena Kennedy
  • The Childrens Act Ian McEwan
  • Fake Law The Secret Barrister
  • Under the Wig William Clegg

Media

  • The Media Student's Book. Gill Branston and Roy Stafford
  • The Story of Film: A concise history of film and an odyssey of international cinema. Mark Cousins
  • Digital Culture: understanding new media. Glen Creeber and Royston Martin

Physics

  • Very Short Introduction series of books by Oxford University Press: Physics, Nuclear Physics, Radioactivity, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics, Astrophysics and The Laws of Thermodynamics.
  • A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson

Politics

  • Essentials of UK Politics and Government (Schindler) Pearson, 2021
  • Essentials of Political Ideas: For A- Level,  (Heywood) 2018 UK Politics Annual Update (Gallop) 2021

Psychology

  • The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins
  • The Dark Side of the Mind: True Stories from My Life as a Forensic Psychologist Kerry Daynes
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow: Daniel Kahneman
  • K-Pax by Gene Brewer
  • Chimp paradox by Steve Peters

Philosophy and Ethics

  • The Heart of the Buddhas Teachings by Thich Nhat Hanh
  • ‘Think’ by S Blackburn
  • Ethics the basics by John Mizozni
  • Sophies World by J Gaarder

Sociology

  • Chavs by Owen Jones
  • Living Dolls by Natasha Walter
  • "Learning to Labour: How Working Class
  • Kids Get Working Class Jobs”, Paul Willis
  • "The McDonaldization of Society”, George
  • Ritzer
  • Criminology: The Essentials, James Treadwell

Health and Social Care

  • What to Expect when you're expecting by Heidi Murkoff
  • The Positive birth book by Milli Hill
  • This is going to hurt by Adam Kay
  • The Fault in Our stars by John Green
  • K-Pax by Gene Brewer
  • Elizabeth is missing by Emma Healy

Enterprise

  • Steve Jobs – The exclusive bibliography
  • Thrive (The third metric to success (Ariana Huffington)

Sport

  • Sport Science: A complete introduction
  • Functional Anatomy for Sport and Exercise.