Neuro Diversity Awareness Week 18- 22nd Marc...
Neuro Diversity Awareness Week 18- 22nd March – Celebrating different minds Assemblies Delivered by SEN Department. Lunchtime Activitie...
18/03/24
The Great Big Footy & Booky Quiz. Our students did really well on the quiz, with 5 students who got 9 out of 10 questions right! We also held a 'Book Tasting', with different extracts from various books. Students really enjoyed this and championed their favourite book choices. pic.twitter.com/cFhxsHrjsG
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15/03/24
This week we also celebrated #BritishScienceWeek 🧪Activities spanned across lessons, lunchtimes, and after school! We had demos, fun experiments, and a quiz for all students to take part in!Thank you to Ms Salmon and the whole science team for such a fun filled week! #BSW24 pic.twitter.com/2byOxERD3G
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15/03/24
Fantastic recital this afternoon! With our first place winner reciting a whopping 263 digits of Pi!!!Fantastic effort by all of our participants and Happy Pi Day once again! Thank you to Ms Lee and her Maths team for organising #PiDay2024 pic.twitter.com/KVT1RsctXM
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14/03/24
Happy Pi Day! It’s been fantastic wishing all of our students happy Pi day today! Here’s some of teachers in their Pi tees! Tomorrow, is our annual Pi Recital comp and we can’t wait! Last year’s winner, a former Y11 recited 177 digits of Pi!!! #PiDay2024 @HarrisFed pic.twitter.com/53pK63TXoN
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14/03/24
Historian Isaac Crichlow @ucl visited our Year 8s and Year 10s today to discuss his research on African and Caribbean cultures during and after transatlantic enslavement. They asked some great questions. Thanks Isaac for your time and energy.Truly inspirational! @HarrisFed pic.twitter.com/62yHFTTAK9
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13/03/24
🎶 We’re so lucky to have not one but TWO MiSST Together days happening today in different parts of the UK. 🙌 Students from a total of 6 of our partner schools are making music together in Oldham and Peckham! We can’t wait to hear them play! 🎺🎻#MusicEducation… pic.twitter.com/s4ULZIZO0x
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13/03/24
Do you live in Croydon but attend a school outside of Croydon? You can request a voucher from the council through the voucher request form ~ https://t.co/LuKR0LwNY7@HCACP @HASN_NEWS @HarrisInvictus @InsideCroydon | #KineticAcademy #Croydon #Community #FSM
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11/03/24
Last week our Student Voice baked and decorated an amazing rainbow cake to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month. @HarrisFed Delicious! pic.twitter.com/W0by5ZIX03
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07/03/24
Happy World Book Day from us to you! We hope you had a fantastic day celebrating reading and we look forward to next year! #WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2024 @HarrisFed pic.twitter.com/7IRI0nczrH
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07/03/24
The start of World Book Day today! Students were greeted by staff dressed in an array of character costumes! Here some of the Senior Team this morning! #WorldBookDay2024 pic.twitter.com/XdghTQFVxm
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04/03/24
Today is the final day of the tailored talks on Stop & Search for all students. @mentivity have been fantastic in sharing with students on the rules and their rights of Stop & Search. Our final session was for Year 7 this morning. Thank you to the Mentivity team @HarrisFed pic.twitter.com/4gDj9S9LIW
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02/03/24
Thanks all! A great game and a great way to end the week! https://t.co/vEOYWZVdXY
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01/03/24
Onyeka Igwe @useurjudgement is an artist & researcher working between cinema & installation. She is born and based in London, UK and has exhibited across the world.Today she visited our KS3 & KS5 students and shared her short film 'No Archive Can Restore You' Thank you Onyeka! pic.twitter.com/0yp71vWArl
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01/03/24
To mark the end of #LGBTQ History Month, our LGBTQ+ student voice group made this rainbow cake!A delicious treat that was shared amongst students and staff! pic.twitter.com/TbAEYSuGYQ
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26/02/24
Mr Barker, Academic Coordinator for Sixth Form, delivered a UCAS - Next Steps assembly today to our Year 13. As university offers continue to flood in, it’s important that they take the time to consider and reflect on their choices. @ucas_online #HigherEd pic.twitter.com/klk0raRvj3
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26/02/24
Great to have our first training session happen this week with Ms Craddock, Mental Health Lead for @HFedMHSome Year 12s are doing a L2 STEM programme to work with and deliver hands-STEM workshops with Y5 from @HPACroydonWe look forward to developing our partnership! @HarrisFed pic.twitter.com/h6LHNniM7c
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26/02/24
Mr Barker, Academic Coordinator for Sixth Form, delivered a UCAS - Next Steps assembly today to our Year 13. As university offers continue to flood in, it’s important that they take the time to consider and reflect on their choices. @ucas_online #HigherEd pic.twitter.com/klk0raRvj3
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23/02/24
Great to have our first training session happen this week with Ms Craddock, Mental Health Lead for @HFedMHSome Year 12s are doing a L2 STEM programme to work with and deliver hands-STEM workshops with Y5 from @HPACroydonWe look forward to developing our partnership! @HarrisFed pic.twitter.com/h6LHNniM7c
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23/02/24
Fantastic to see our students involved in the visit! @HarrisFed https://t.co/cADvt3IjUB
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23/02/24
Today is our Year 9 Options Assembly, delivered by Mr Manners, Mr Green, and Ms Bent. With Options Evening, around the corner, this is our first opportunity to share with students, the range of GCSE options on offer. #options #GCSE pic.twitter.com/iGIsN4JUi7
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Welcome to Harris Invictus Academy
Harris Invictus Academy is a vibrant, happy and successful school at the heart of the community. We know that our young people have incredible strengths and talents which we nurture. We encourage them to flourish and grow into excellent ambassadors for the Academy and for our community. The Academy has a roll of 1,000 students, including a thriving Sixth Form, and whilst we were only founded in 2014 we are rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted [and oversubscribed by parents].
We are part of the Harris Federation which is one of the highest performing Trusts in the country.
We celebrate our differences, enjoying the benefits of having a truly diverse cohort. We support the wellbeing of our students by developing their empathy, generosity and respect for others in the community. We take pride in our principles of equality and respect for alternative views, cultures, religions and all people regardless of their gender, disability, race, or sexual orientation.
Our students enjoy being at the Academy and choose to stay with us for their sixth form education.
We support students to achieve academically and to achieve excellent outcomes both at GCSE and at Sixth form. We expect our students to demonstrate the characteristics and values embodied in Invictus, a poem by William Ernest Henley.
These are:
Ambition:
We are very ambitious for our students. We are traditional in our approach to the curriculum and we support students to achieve the best they can. We provide a comprehensive careers programme which drives and supports the highest aspirations. We expect students to continue in education and we personalise the advice and guidance we give to them to ensure they are on the most ambitious learning journey.
Resilience:
We know that learning new things can be challenging but by providing a rigorous curriculum and a strong foundation we make sure that students are ready for GCSE and beyond. By providing an extensive co-curriculum, including the Duke of Edinburgh scheme and the Jack Petchey award we develop resilience within our students. Our sports programme is extensive, and we have the Kinetic Academy Football Programme in place for our Sixth Form students. We continue to develop performing arts and we have an ambitious music programme (MiSST) through which ALL students are given a musical instrument to learn, right from Year 7. We have just invested in new theatre seating to provide the best platform to share our amazing performances.
Courage:
We know our students have courage and relish challenge; we can see this not only through their academic performance but also at Sports Days, in competition between our Houses, and participating in community events for example Croydon Has Talent. It was amazing to see our students performing at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. They also have courage when it comes to learning: they know learning is hard and they have the courage to make mistakes and learn from them.
Undefeated:
We know that times can be challenging and we have a strong network of support in place. There is a strong ethos and a sense of belonging to the Invictus family. We have a comprehensive pastoral team, that works with students, parents, families, and the community to ensure that our students are supported. This includes being the lead school for the Mental Health Strategy Team in Croydon.
We will not let each other fail; we will be undefeated. We know that we have to be committed and dedicated, but we can, and we will, be successful.
Learning is a journey and in partnership with parents, we are there to support, to celebrate successes and to guide our young people as they become the leaders of tomorrow.
“Education is the passport to the future for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” Malcolm X
Mr Dougal Scott
Head of Academy