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25/09/25

It’s the end of the evening and our catering student volunteers have some treats as they leave for home…yummy! Thank you to everyone that joined us tonight. Don’t forget we have another open morning tomorrow if you haven’t already signed up.

25/09/25

Music has some student vocalists tonight, playing instruments and singing in other languages. Whilst art, design technology are putting on a show as always

25/09/25

Science as always conducting some exciting experiments. Many of which our students will get to experience as they move from Y7 to Y13.

25/09/25

Just some of the lovely works and activities available tonight from our Humanities dept

25/09/25

Our catering team on top form showing exactly what our students eat every day

25/09/25

Mr Carey giving his welcoming speech and explaining what HAO is all about.

25/09/25

The doors are open and catering students have started to prep a cake. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.

25/09/25

Getting ready for our open evening tonight and the weather is looking good. Come and join us from 5-8pm

17/09/25

- A reminder of our upcoming Open Events at HAO starting next week for both Y7 and Y12. shorturl.at/XzULx

12/09/25

Please see the sport enrichment and clubs being run this term at HAO. There is a mix of lunchtime and after-school activities that students are welcome to attended. We are hoping to expand our propgramme and offer more clubs in the near future and will keep you updated

12/09/25

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12/09/25

The start of term is well and truly underway with all year groups having now completed their first full week back. It has been great to welcome our new Y7 cohort and some new faces to our staff team this September.

03/09/25

- A quick reminder of our upcoming Open Events at HAO this September for both Y7 and Y12. shorturl.at/XzULx

21/08/25

Mr Carey said: “This is another fantastic set of GCSE results for HAO, reflecting the tremendous efforts of both our students and the staff who have supported them... we are excited to see all that they go on to achieve in their futures.”

21/08/25

A massive congratulation to our 2025 Y11 cohort who received their results today. HAO saw another fantastic set of results, with an increase from last year in the number of students achieving a 5 or above in both Maths and English. shorturl.at/Yhyyi 

19/08/25

With GCSE Results day this week, don't forget you can also directly enrol into our amazing Sixth Form! Wishing all students on Thursday the best of luck!

19/08/25

Mr Carey said: "Congratulations to all our students on their very well-deserved results which reflect the unwavering commitment of students and staff to academic excellence... I am so pleased that so many are now able to take up places on their university courses of choice".

19/08/25

On Thursday 14th August 2025, the HAO Y13 students celebrated a well deserved set of Results! Congratulations to all! shorturl.at/0aTzO

15/08/25

- HAO Open Events

31/07/25

Whilst the Careers Team supported Y10 in uncovering a range of diverse career pathways. Each event provided a valuable opportunity to connect with industry professionals, discover different career fields, and gain insight into the skills and qualifications needed for success.

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Welcome

Harris Orpington161From Richard Carey, Head of Academy

We are delighted to welcome you to the Harris Academy Orpington website. It is with enormous pride that we introduce our incredible school and the opportunities that benefit students so much. Harris Academy Orpington is a good school with an outstanding Sixth Form and outstanding Personal Development. We are a school that goes above and beyond to make sure that every single student thrives! Our GCSE and A-Level results are amongst the very best in the local authority and we are extremely proud of what we have achieved in working alongside our families and our students. At Harris Academy Orpington, we have the most incredible facilities and have developed a curriculum that is ambitious and broad. We believe that learning interesting things is at the heart of what a great school does and that is what we do.

Our motto is Together We Can and we have created a community where our young people are listened to, and involved in decision making to help make the Academy even better! We have very high standards in terms of uniform and behaviour and want our students to leave the Academy at the end of Year 13, ambitious about their futures, tenacious enough to continue and enterprising so they succeed!

As a Health Science Specialist school, students are given access to recognised professional qualifications and careers. We have also been awarded the Equalities Gold Award for our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and ‘stand proudly as a beacon of good practice for other schools to learn from.’ (Equali-teach)

We are always very pleased to show visitors around the Academy and if you would like to come and see us in action, please contact us either by phone on 01689 819219 or via email at info@harrisorpington.org.uk.

Mr Richard Carey, Head of Academy

About our Governors

The Governing Body is responsible for setting and monitoring the educational direction of the academy and the targets to be achieved. Find out more about who is on our governing body.