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15/02/25

After using Twitter/X for many years, we have decided move away. Come join us on instagram to continue to keep up to date with all things HA! See you there!

13/02/25

Successful end of term art project for year six: children planned, designed and built these amazing Memories Boxes linked to our Oval history topic and our belonging driver. pic.twitter.com/n9kmoqMctV

12/02/25

Year six loved their visit from Steel today and asked some brilliant questions!#pshe pic.twitter.com/SVSTN0xR3p

12/02/25

We loved our visit from Steel today, learning all about resilience and the importance of sleep, healthy diet, being active, hydration and showing gratitude (noticing glimmers). Can anyone beat Steel’s record of 757 burpees nonstop in under an hour?#pshe pic.twitter.com/FLHRxZ2Lkq

12/02/25

As part of Safer Internet Day, year 2 explored a variety of dangers online and discussed how to respond to them. They had some excellent ideas and good knowledge of the safety features of various apps. They created posters to teach younger children about what they had learnt. pic.twitter.com/dWyOSidsdH

12/02/25

Amazing messages being given to the children this morning by the amazing gladiator Steel! What a fantastic morning we have ahead pic.twitter.com/Y0WFDxF1nL

11/02/25

Year six scientists dissecting hearts to understand how the circulatory system works. pic.twitter.com/ewcfvsfMRX

11/02/25

Year six scientists dissecting hearts to understand how the circulatory system works. pic.twitter.com/Dz7qWkgTL8

11/02/25

Year six home learning designing posters for around school about how to keep safe online. pic.twitter.com/eya9mmpF4M

11/02/25

Year six historians exploring the Oval as part of their local history project, with an added extra of a tag rugby PE lesson! pic.twitter.com/iabdKAYvHI

11/02/25

Year six historians exploring the Oval as part of their local history project, with an added extra of a tag rugby PE lesson! pic.twitter.com/gRFv2OAoT6

11/02/25

Team Dahl had a great science lesson on space and the stars with Mark the scientist yesterday (2).#science pic.twitter.com/FrJSAI3V1t

11/02/25

Team Dahl had a great science lesson on space and the stars with Mark the scientist yesterday (1).#science pic.twitter.com/K62hUgwN7y

11/02/25

Marking Safer Internet Day with a visit from the charity Computer Friendly pic.twitter.com/NuuQv4ROU2

10/02/25

Year 3 had a visit from Hands on Science and took part in a workshop on biological diversity. pic.twitter.com/RoqPJoSdUj

07/02/25

This week in assembly we celebrated Martin Luther King day, reading about this inspiring activist who devoted his life to fighting for civil rights. We linked to other activists such as Nelson Mandela, Greta Thunberg, Malala and Rosa Parks; and to our value of respect. pic.twitter.com/TKQlLAdduw

07/02/25

A huge thank you to all the adults who came to visit us today to explain how their job uses maths. pic.twitter.com/nNu8EdPIvU

07/02/25

Ladybirds have had a fantastic ! We have loved hearing about jobs that use numbers and dressing up! We are so inspired. We also made foot rulers to measure things in the classroom. pic.twitter.com/sfwifgPkd4

07/02/25

Our fourth visitor of the day was Tendaii, a train and air engineer. Our Y6’s were fascinated by his models and recognised how scale factors work in producing drafts of projects. pic.twitter.com/QmOElYN5WQ

07/02/25

Our third visitor of the day was Matt who works in the sports field. He explained to our Y6’s how fractions, decimals and percentages play a part in making predictions about different sporting events. pic.twitter.com/Js9gcUBH3m

07/02/25

Our second visitor of the day was Business Analyst Andreii who spoke to our Y6’s about how algebra and coding is used in his IT role. pic.twitter.com/g7qgZWX25k

07/02/25

Our first visitor of the day was Nurse Helen who works at treating cancer patients. Our Y6’s enjoyed learning about why measuring is particularly crucial in this field. pic.twitter.com/IG2nvg7xEC

07/02/25

Happy Number Day from Year 3! pic.twitter.com/bS3fxp7e8P

06/02/25

Aren’t we lucky to have such lovely, kind parents in our Year 1 class? We are so appreciative of these yummy sweet treats! pic.twitter.com/IEp8f6rkyO

04/02/25

Lunar new year celebrations last week pic.twitter.com/GAQmtKUjeU

Reception Admissions 2025

Welcome to Harpenden Academy

Harpenden Academy is a single form entry school with education, inclusivity and nurture at its core. We pride ourselves on being a school which educates “hearts and minds” but also that our dedicated team of teachers, teaching assistants, office staff and wrap around care staff always go the extra mile for our children and families. We are a small school, foster on values dear to us- we believe you will feel there is a place for you here at our school.

There's nothing like first hand experience to give you the insight you need when choosing your child's school. At Harpenden Academy we are holding tours during the Autumn term to give prospective parents the opportunity to visit the school and see us in action.

We are pleased to confirm that we have published the dates for the school tours for any new Reception parents with children starting school in September 2025. Each tour will take an hour. To offer parents a personal tour we limit our tours to 12 people max. 

You will have the opportunity to see the classes and the event will be hosted by our Headteacher, Mrs Davies and our EYFS Teacher, Mrs Withers.

Please click here to book your place on one of our school tours

Headteacher Introduction Presentation to Harpenden Academy

Dates
Monday, 11th November 2024, 9.15am-10.15am
Wednesday, 13th November 2024, 1.45pm-2.45pm
Monday, 18th November 2024,  9.15am-10.15am
Wednesday, 20th November 2024, 1.45am-2.45pm
Wednesday, 27th November 2024, 1.45pm-2.45pm
Monday, 2nd Decemmber 2024, 9.15am-10.15am
Wednesday 4th December 2024, 1.45pm-2.45pm
Monday, 9th December 2024, 9.15am-10.15am
Wednesday, 11th December 2024, 1.45pm-2.45pm
Wednesday, 8th January 2025, 9.15am-10.15am
Monday, 13th January 2025, 1.45pm-2.45pm

At Harpenden Academy we have:

  • A dedicated team of experienced teachers who go above and beyond to create outstanding learning opportunities.
  • Well-constructed learning opportunities through interactive experiences, and school trips and residentials making learning memorable and fun!
  • A curriculum that is varied, exciting and creative which is underpinned by rigour and academic results. It allows children to be fully absorbed into their learning and make links between subjects, topics and themes.
  • We nurture and care for our children very well and have designed a curriculum with drivers to stretch our children's abilities but to also support them in specific areas.
  • Families from many parts of the world, speaking many languages, with a diversity of cultural, religious, historical and geographical experience. We aim to ensure that our curriculum draws on all this richness.
  • A greater the variety of activities children experience, the better they do in all subjects across the curriculum. A child who is encouraged to develop confidence and self-expression will clearly be one who is better equipped to learn generally. We believe in educating the whole child.
  • Varied extra-curricular activities covering a multitude of sports, dance, languages and musical instruments.
  • A full sporting involvement including football, netball, cross county, athletics and rounders.
  • Full wrap around care which opens at 7.15am to 6.15pm (Monday to Thursday) and 7.15am- 5.15pm Fridays only. These times plus the very close proximity to the train station makes it ideal for many working parents.
  • A strong and proactive parent body called Friends of Harpenden Academy- FoHA- who support the school and all its endeavours massively.

From September 2011 all primary schools must offer children a full-time place at the start of the September term. However, legally children do not have to be in full-time education until the term after their 5th birthday.  Delaying your child’s entry into school is called ‘deferred entry’. You can request this, but your child must start before the end of the school year during which they turn 5.  The expectation is all those starting in September will attend full days but if you are a parent of a summer born child and have concerns over full school days please talk to us.

We hope to welcome you to our school soon. 

 

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