During assemblies this week my central message was again about challenge and expectations. I have asked teachers to expect even more of our incredible young people and encouraged the students to push themselves out of their comfort zone more consistently. Last year, we worked hard to significantly raise expectations around are three simple rules of [...]
Harrow Way students are celebrating this morning with news that their 2016 GCSEs results are one of the best in the school’s history. An impressive 60% of students achieved five GCSEs A*-C including Maths and English, a 10% increase on last year and the second best set of results in the [...]
With the world’s tropical rainforests slightly too far away for a day trip, Harrow Way Community School Year 8 Geographers instead found themselves exploring Kew Gardens historic Palm House. Considered to be the most important surviving Victorian iron and glass structure in the world, the Palm House proved to be the [...]
Congratulations to all the students from Year 9 & 10 who were awarded prizes at Monday Evening's Presentation Evening. Prizes were presented for Effort & Attitude and Progress in each subject area and Head of Year Awards were presented for Contribution, Personal Achievement and Attendance. The Student Leadership Team was also introduced, as well as [...]
The whole school was involved in our annual sports day on Monday 11th July. There was amazing effort & commitment from our students to a wide variety of sports, including tennis, javelin, shot put, long jump, track races and the climbing dyno challenge. Unfortunately the day was cut short in the afternoon due to [...]
Last week a group of Year 8 Harrow Way students attended the voting for the 2016 Hampshire Book Awards. The students had 3 months to read the 6 shortlisted titles, all published in the last year and voted in the North Hampshire region at Bishop Challoner School, Basingstoke. They spent an [...]
We celebrated the achievements of Year 7 & 8 students on the evening of Monday 4th July at our KS3 Presentation Evening. Certificates and prizes were awarded in each subject area for Effort & Attitude and Progress. Head of Year awards were presented for Contribution, Personal Achievement and Attendance. Finally, Headteacher Commendations were awarded to [...]
The H Factor was an outstanding event displaying the wonderful talent of our musical students. The competition was close and judges/heads of house Miss Beynon-Thomas, Mr. Manson, and Miss Pittman cannot wait to see what our fantastic musicians can do next year. Congratulations to all who took part but unfortunately, we could only award three [...]
Harrow Way Community School GCSE PE students were put through their paces at Bath University recently where some of the country’s top athletes train and study. The 15 Year 10 students visited the £30 million Sports Training Village which is renowned as a world-leading environment for the delivery of sport, sport [...]
Year 7 - Harrow Way beat Wellingon Academy 9 rounders to 5 Team: Nancy Hurt, Tyrah Baah, Donna Doig, Libby West, Emily Seffron, Erica Sheridan, Emily Cook Player's player of the match: Emily Cook - excellent performance as backstop and scored 3 rounders when batting. Coach's player of the match: Libby West - Consistent bowling [...]