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15/02/25

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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.

12/02/25

Year six loved their visit from Steel today and asked some brilliant questions!#pshe

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

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.

12/02/25

Amazing messages being given to the children this morning by the amazing gladiator Steel! What a fantastic morning we have ahead

11/02/25

Year six scientists dissecting hearts to understand how the circulatory system works.

11/02/25

Year six scientists dissecting hearts to understand how the circulatory system works.

11/02/25

Year six home learning designing posters for around school about how to keep safe online.

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!

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!

11/02/25

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

11/02/25

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

11/02/25

Marking Safer Internet Day with a visit from the charity Computer Friendly

10/02/25

Year 3 had a visit from Hands on Science and took part in a workshop on biological diversity.

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.

07/02/25

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Headteacher's Welcome

Headteacher

Harpenden Academy is proud to be part of Scholars' Education Trust which is a growing Multi Academies Trust of local schools.  This is a large learning community that functions in what is best described as a large family. Each school in the Trust retain their identities but the central DNA of the Trust is shared across all the schools in a "brother/sister" relationship.  We work closely together and we are a large happy family.

We believe that that the children’s experience of school should be one of enjoyment, happiness and a very special time in their lives that fosters a love of learning but also happy memories for when they are older. We believe that Harpenden Academy is an incredibly special little school. I have been lucky enough to be a part of the Harpenden Academy history and successes since September 2016.  My aim as Headteacher is to make sure that every year our children have benefited from an exceptional education that develops them academically, socially and emotionally so they leave us ready for any challenges ahead of them.

Our Harpenden Academy staff are absolutely committed to all pupils, including those with additional need. The staff will always champion our children and go the extra mile for them in their learning. The staff are knowledgeable and ensure that they teach great lessons and are skilled at coaching and nurturing the children so they get the best out of their time in school and beyond out school gates. in providing an education that allows our children to grow into happy, knowledgeable and caring citizens of whom we can all be proud.

 We use our drivers of communication, diversity and first-hand experiences to make sure that the children school diet is not just a series of lessons but it is filled with as many leaning experiences as we can to make sure that the children learn really well, that they feel they belong and their happiness accelerates their learning.

Below are a few examples of what we do:

  • Special days such as World Smile Day, World Peace Day
  • Well-being and sports weeks
  • Week long residential trips in Year 5 and Year 6
  • Whole school Charity fundraising events as part of our Hearts and Minds project
  • Sustainability week

My entire staff, teaching and non-teaching are invested in ensuring the children who come to Harpenden Academy are successful, positive and enthusiastic about their learning and their time with us which will enable them to be successful learners at all stages of their lives and grow into active citizens of the future.

We believe that our children are fantastic and we are all proud to work at this school and to be part of their lives in their primary school years.

Lisa Davies, Headteacher

We hold the ladder for our children to reach the stars Educating Hearts and Minds Poster Educators Who Care

  "Leadership is highly effective. The positive impact that leaders have had improving the school is very clear. The school is now securely good and improving."

"The headteacher has high expectations and wants the very best for pupils. Her vision is shared by the school's other leaders. As a result, the school has improved greatly and is now on a clear upward trajectory."

"Leaders have an excellent understanding of what effective teaching and learning looks like."

School Ofsted Report, June 2019