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11/07/25

Huge congrats to Harris Academy Bermondsey for placing 3rd in the Grand Finale—out of 2,250 students! 👏 Special shoutout to Gloria, who won the ‘Rising Star’ award for her resilience, earning £300 Axel Arigato trainers! pic.twitter.com/34YQn7Nyq6

11/07/25

Huge congrats to Gloria from Harris Academy Bermondsey for placing 3rd in the Grand Finale! Her team Motivatorz wowed judges with bold climate solutions. A big win for Southwark & the future of STEM! pic.twitter.com/E4rBlpYw8r

11/07/25

Sunshine, sports & non-stop vibes! ☀️🎶 Girls Allowed lit up the 3G pitch with ESP Foundation & Year 8/9. VR, boxing, dance & more! Huge thanks to Ms Kelly, ESP coaches & Yr10 photogs Amelia & Nicole. What a day! 👏 pic.twitter.com/UPqp5EcIQx

10/07/25

Spectacular performances at the Harris Federation Festival of Music. https://t.co/WVFuUYIJEJ

09/07/25

Steel Pans playing Classical music! Soloists, Choir. Y5 electric guitar solo! The talent in our schools is amazing! Congrats to all of you, what wonderful performances. pic.twitter.com/TjYEnwK9KV

04/07/25

Six Y10 students are Grand Finalists in Sustainable London 2025 with ! Their climate solutions could win a cash prize, trophy & career opps. Finale: Mon 7 July, 5-8:30pm, NatWest HQ. RSVP: https://t.co/JomhCxSAB5 pic.twitter.com/KEtXv1wiCa

24/06/25

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18/06/25

Our Year 10s are proud to be part of the Sweaty Betty Foundation campaign highlighting why 1 in 3 girls stop PE due to changing room experiences. HAB is 1 of 5 schools redesigning these spaces into positive, empowering environments. Read more here >> https://t.co/M4A97DxpIq pic.twitter.com/VFdSJdQVxf

18/06/25

Our trailblazing Year 10s are leading ’s campaign tackling why 1 in 3 girls drop PE due to changing room issues. HAB is 1 of 5 schools redesigning them into empowering spaces. Our students are architects of change. 💪 https://t.co/M4A97DxpIq pic.twitter.com/2BborGvd6K

18/06/25

🧵1/2 On (and actually everyday) I'd like to send a big shout out to my team, department and faculty 🧵1/2 💜 https://t.co/jG5J6hLAuP

18/06/25

Our trailblazing Year 10s are leading ’s campaign tackling why 1 in 3 girls drop PE due to changing room issues. HAB is 1 of 5 schools redesigning them into empowering spaces. Our students are architects of change. 💪https://t.co/M4A97DxpIq pic.twitter.com/yRSrZ7e69a

05/06/25

Newsletter out now! Download your copy here https://t.co/kHhZRpLM5u

05/06/25

Huge congratulations to HAB Year 10 students Niamh, Megan & Isra! All three earned Gold in the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge & qualified for the prestigious Pink Kangaroo Challenge. Special shoutout to Niamh – Silver & Best in School! 🥇✨ pic.twitter.com/RXDd0ORD5j

03/06/25

🎉 Huge congrats to HAB6 stars Tiamaria, Isabella & Swabra, for smashing the HSK 1 Mandarin exam after just 1 year of study! Despite Year 13 pressures, they’re continuing Mandarin at uni—true dedication to language & culture. pic.twitter.com/DYlBoG63ci

02/06/25

Our students shone at the Words for Work: Women in Leadership event with & Lancôme. From powerful panels to inspiring speeches, HAB is shaping future leaders—full of ambition, compassion, and respect. pic.twitter.com/c08L4iJkvv

02/04/25

Meet the HAB Maths Team! Meet the team heading up our Maths Department here at HAB.... Multiplying Success! pic.twitter.com/JrYYZ7VzCP

27/03/25

Ofsted Rates Harris Academy Bermondsey: Outstanding Across All Categories. Students and staff at HAB are celebrating after the school was judged outstanding in all areas following a visit from Ofsted in February!#ProudToBeHAB pic.twitter.com/qmRDfl8Oaa

19/03/25

Our March newsletter is out now! Click the link below for a round-up of all the wonderful things that have been happening at HAB this month https://t.co/uSKKWLkf34 pic.twitter.com/E0DYOCAGRq

06/03/25

HAB'ing a marvellous World Book Day 2025 pic.twitter.com/zQpSYxqozD

06/03/25

World Book Day 2025: Mabel loves a good book :) pic.twitter.com/LdFbu6iMiW

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History

The History curriculum at HAB has been carefully designed to ensure students gain the following.

  • A strong sense of historical period, historical figures, trends, contexts and events engendered through a largely chronological approach to the curriculum
  • The ability to retain a substantial body of knowledge. This will partly be achieved through pedagogical techniques such as 'low-stakes testing' of key facts. However, it will also be achieved by careful, cumulative curricular thinking in order to develop students’ understanding and add accuracy, depth and complexity to key historical concepts such as ‘democracy’ or ‘power’. For example, students who are introduced to ancient versions of democracy later look at the lack of democracy leading to the War of the Three Kingdoms, and add further nuance by looking at protest groups such as the Chartists and women’s suffrage.
  • A disciplinary knowledge of history where students understand the subject-specific language historians use. This will help them discuss concepts such as causation or change over time, and feel that by studying history they are joining communities of hsitorians. They will learn to work like a historian by examining sources of evidence and become familiar with historical arguments and interpretations.

This approach will ensure students develop and retain a rich, deep and wide knowledge of the past. Their history education will contribute to their possession of powerful knowledge that welcomes them into the academic discipline of History but also helps students become ‘culturally literate’.

A key aim of the HAB History curriculum is to challenge and re-examine traditional narratives, and give students the opportunity to learn about histories other than the traditional canon of British historical education. The curriculum is therefore a vehicle to promote social justice and the common values of diversity, tolerance, equality and democracy.

Students will study histories that are both represenative and diverse. History education will provide HAB students with the contextual understanding to be prepared for participation in a modern, democratic society, whilst also meaning that they move beyond their own experience and challenge what they know through the rigorous examination of historical evidence.

The curiculum will also prepare students to communicate and debate effectively in a variety of ways, primarily verbally, and also write longer written answers that evaluate, judge and argue key historical issues. Our subject specialist team will consistently and regularly review what is being taught and how to guarantee that our students have access to the most reliable knowledge, through teachers’ ongoing dialogue with universities, research and subject associations.

The progression model for all years can be downloaded below.