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28/03/24

Our future lawyers loved their day . Thank you for the opportunity. https://t.co/gs8cQlBw8X

27/03/24

You’re very welcome - thanks for continuing to invite me! Your brilliant school has a special place in my heart.

27/03/24

Not everyday you have your GCSE Text signed by the author pic.twitter.com/INXqgCT6Pd

27/03/24

Our Y11s loved their creative writing workshop with . The next generation of authors here 👏 pic.twitter.com/hGWzx8e3kY

27/03/24

Almost a decade of studying 's brilliant 'Pigeon English' at HGAED. The highlight of every Y11's year in English is the Q&A with the author himself! Thank you so much for being so generous with your time. 📙 pic.twitter.com/yviphuxdUe

22/03/24

Our brilliant Ms Noah being recognised for all her work to promote good mental health in our communities. A inspiration to our students! 👏 https://t.co/JA2Ohfty3d

21/03/24

Our brilliant choir performing with 6,000 young people . We could not be prouder of your passion, resilience and confidence. A proud day for HGAED! pic.twitter.com/7e9Jj784b8

20/03/24

Our Art History Society visited the Courtauld Gallery to learn more about significant figures in art including Edouard Manet. pic.twitter.com/DCbaowPri8

19/03/24

Inspiring trip to Dulwich Picture Gallery for our Y10 GCSE Photography students. pic.twitter.com/WNeINtAaWG

19/03/24

Wonderful Shibori creations by our Y10 Art Textiles students 💙 pic.twitter.com/mxP9qi7QBV

15/03/24

Great day for year 10 students. Visit to with and thanks to the staff and students making us welcome. Interesting Q&A and debate. pic.twitter.com/YHIkTZKN6r

15/03/24

ASME Clinic guided our students through the process of creating and marketing a skincare product for pic.twitter.com/yf8nRksi8R

15/03/24

A huge thank you to ASME Clinic for their brilliant careers event. Our students loved making their own skincare! 💜 pic.twitter.com/MyTsyWyhcF

13/03/24

Great day for year 10 students. Visit to with and thanks to the staff and students making us welcome. Interesting Q&A and debate. pic.twitter.com/YHIkTZKN6r

11/03/24

A huge thank you to for celebrating with us. Our students loved learning about all the protective equipment officers use and were delighted to have the opportunity to try the shields! pic.twitter.com/3p5awMov6J

11/03/24

Capturing 💜 pic.twitter.com/PqgTtePL58

08/03/24

Our pledges were written collaboratively by students in their coaching groups. Wise words from our brilliant young women💜 pic.twitter.com/CRhmIIXIyi

08/03/24

Happy International Women's Day 💜 Excited to welcome 20+ companies to HGAED who will be delivering inspirational workshops to our students https://t.co/CEtlUEDcnY

06/03/24

Proud to celebrate International Women's Day on 8th March pic.twitter.com/ZbKP1EvfJJ

06/03/24

Fantastic morning for year 10 finding out about Great sessions, with wonderful views. Thanks to all the staff for their time. pic.twitter.com/hilotVQVLQ

Harris Academies
All Academies in our Federation aim to transform the lives of the students they serve by bringing about rapid improvement in examination results, personal development and aspiration.

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Willesden

A welcome from Jo Young, Principal

Jo YoungOur vision is to develop students with character, courage and conscience, who become academically and personally successful and lead in their community and beyond.

Welcome to Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich. It is an honour to welcome you to our richly diverse and warm, welcoming community. We provide an exceptional education, providing inspiration, challenge and vibrancy alongside a strong culture of care and support for all our students.

We benefit from a beautiful site, with extensive green space overlooking Peckham Rye. Our site benefits from excellent facilities which enrich our academic curriculum and wellbeing of our students and staff alike.

At Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich, we believe every student can achieve academic success and we place learning at the heart of everything we do. Our curriculum is broad, challenging, and rich. Our expert teachers are passionate, invoke curiosity and inspire students. This expertise develops students who are curious, interested learners and all students are encouraged to take risks in their learning. We foster a culture where students feel safe to make mistakes.

Our outstanding examination results place us amongst the top schools in the country. We are committed to academic rigour as this gives all students choice in the future. Our students also develop exceptional character, courage and conscience. They have a strong sense of justice, responsibility, community and kindness that they take into the world beyond the academy.

As part of the Harris Federation, we have strong values which help to define our culture and how we do things. Our commitment to academic excellence, our determination to live by our values and to uphold the highest standards of behaviour mean that this is a caring, supportive yet rigorous environment where all can thrive.


Our approach

IMG0195Our approach to our curriculum means that pupils explore a broad range of subjects and specialisms, developing expert skills in each subject area and understanding the unique perspective on the world that each subject can bring.

We ensure that our curriculum is enlivened by real life examples, trips, visits and extra-curricular activities. We expect everyone to seek out and enjoy this rich range of wider opportunities.

We offer a wide range of opportunities for our students to develop personally as well as academically, ranging from chances to participate in the Debate Mate and Jack Petchey Speak Up Speak Out competitions, to the Duke of Edinburgh Award, and almost everything in between!

Our students can be seen exhibiting their art at the Peckham Festival, and their musical talents at By Peckham, For Peckham Music Festivals. Students offer support to one another as subject specialist ambassadors, mental health ambassadors and by campaigning against human rights abuses in our annual Write for Rights campaign. We celebrate our rich diversity, raising money for local and national charities through our Culture Day celebrations. We are consistent winners of the Harris Federation sports day, Federation Debate Mate and Spell-a-thon. We also proudly showcase our student talent through sharing our poetry and art on Instagram. 


Caring, resilient and thoughtful

We strive to ensure every student is a successful adult, caring, resilient and thoughtful whose ambitions are high, who believe in the importance of life-long learning and giving back to their communities.

IMAGE0005For adolescent girls, we recognise that we are in a privileged position to inspire the next generation of leaders. We develop confidence to challenge misogyny and sexism and empower our students to really believe that they can achieve their ambitions. We make sure that each of our pupils leaves the academy with genuine choices available to them; to undertake degree level study, travel, begin an apprenticeship or seek full time employment. Almost all of our pupils go to university - …..% last year to Russell Group universities.

Academic success and commitment to developing happy, confident, ambitious young people who lead full and enriching lives is at the heart of everything we do at Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich. We very much welcome your partnership in making our academy and our students the pride of our local community.

Jo Young, Principal