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11/07/25

Harris Federation Festival of Music! We are very proud of HAM music students who represented our academy on the first ever Harris Federation Festival of Music which took place in Fairfield Halls on 9th July 2025🎼 pic.twitter.com/xktxGXMfG6

11/07/25

WE ARE SO PROUD https://t.co/UhlFyjXun8

10/07/25

An unforgettable moment at today as our incredible ball boy, Karsten, had the honour of meeting Queen Camilla — with none other than by his side! 👑🎾🍓 pic.twitter.com/OMQ4CuYie6

09/07/25

This week, Yr12 SCCC scholars are at The Oval for work experience! Monday: partnership workshop – pitch a £1M Nando’s sponsorship to SCCC. Tuesday: promo for the SACS programme with our media & comms team. Harris Merton Scholars smashed it!#HarrisScholars pic.twitter.com/ac1EcXecLG

09/07/25

Yr10 GCSE Business students took part in a behind-the-scenes tour of operational excellence, & explored the wide range of career opportunities available at Lidl, gaining real-world insight into one of the UK’s leading retailers. A brilliant example of business learning in action! pic.twitter.com/JKTRifC7Kt

08/07/25

Over the last two weeks 42 of our incredible students have taken on the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award expedition - what an adventure it’s been! From navigating trails to building teamwork and resilience, they’ve shown true grit and determination💪👏 pic.twitter.com/USwkgAQn7o

08/07/25

Our top readers were rewarded with a magical day at the Harry Potter Studio Tour! Hard work and a love for books really do open doors — or in this case, Platform 9¾! 🧙‍♂️🎉 pic.twitter.com/C0yQa1HUfp

04/07/25

🎉 Day Trip to Lille! An unforgettable adventure with 47 amazing students exploring the beautiful city of Lille and its charming zoo! From cobbled streets to curious creatures, we made memories to last a lifetime.#Lille pic.twitter.com/SgIDrGROL3

20/06/25

🏆South Quadrant Federation Boys and Girls Athletics Champions🏆 What an incredible achievement from all of our athletes. Their hardwork, determination and team spirit truly paid off. Good luck to those who will go onto represent Merton at the Athletics Final 🙌🏼🍀🎽 pic.twitter.com/HN9OoiD6xX

20/06/25

Amazing performance from all of our relay teams. A huge congrats to our Year 8 & Year 10 girls and boys and our Year 9 girls relay teams for taking the win at the South Quadrant Federation Athletics! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💨 Teamwork makes the dream work🥇🙌 pic.twitter.com/RuOaMaRHKh

20/06/25

Total domination from our Year 10 boys 💪🔥 Crowned South Quadrant Federation winners after smashing both track and field events! A powerhouse performance all round 👏🏼🎽 pic.twitter.com/hXqpuYjyWx

20/06/25

Year 9 girls South Quadrant Federation Athletics winners 🏆🔥 An amazing performance showing determination and resilience in their track and field events 👏🏼🎽 pic.twitter.com/8sYJagQ8ZA

16/06/25

On Friday 13th June we had an ice cream van visit HAM to reward almost 700 students for excellent and most improved attendance. Well done to all involved! 🍦🍡 pic.twitter.com/sAV44UuYeM

02/04/25

Regional Final was a blast at Ursuline HS Wimbledon Well done to our finalists: 🥇Zayd Anwar, 🥈Agathe Lambert, Ursuline High School Wimbledon 🥉Stacey Digan, Find all photos on https://t.co/rPkPTWMkOF pic.twitter.com/QxRV3SUYvr

13/11/24

Members of the our student leadership body representing at the Mitcham Remembrance day service. pic.twitter.com/kM77l97O4D

22/08/24

⭐️⭐️⭐️9 Grade 9’s⭐️⭐️⭐️ We are so proud of Rouzana! She has done amazing, such a bright future ahead 🌟 pic.twitter.com/YRhzKfCm61

22/08/24

🎉🎉🎉HARD WORK PAYS OFF🎉🎉🎉 Exceptional performance from Manuchehr, Jael, Zhuri and Erin! 20 grade 9’s between the 4 of them 🤩🤩 We are so proud of all the work that they have put in 💪#achievementissuccess pic.twitter.com/KI4R2KR18w

22/08/24

🎉🎉🎉HARD WORK PAYS OFF🎉🎉🎉 Nariana achieving a strong set of grade 9’s! We are so proud of all the work that she put in 🤩#achievementissuccess pic.twitter.com/eW6VSSaybl

15/08/24

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really proud of our students going on to University in September to study Veterinary Science, Mechanical Engineering, Palaeontology and Primary Education ⭐️⭐️⭐️ pic.twitter.com/fpMpq9fe38

15/08/24

🎉⭐️A* A B⭐️🎉 Really proud of Maham going off to read Fashion Marketing pic.twitter.com/wicWT0moKD

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Computer Science, CNAT iMedia, CNAT IT & CNAT Introductory Diploma

Year 7

 

Link: Year 7 Computer Science In Year Progression Plan

 

Assessment:

Assessments will be written and will include a mixture of multiple choice, short and longer mark questions. Topic areas that assess technical theory will see students being assessed through the answering of longer essay style questions where students will be able to provide a lengthier response. Good literacy will be taken in to consideration when marking these types of questions.   

 

Curriculum Delivery Plan:

Autumn

E-Safety

Computer Systems

Spring

Programming Essentials - Scratch Part 1

Programming Essentials - Scratch Part 2

Summer

Data Representation - Binary

Media - Vector Graphics

Year 8

 

Link: Year 8 Computer Science In Year Progression Plan

 

Assessment:

Assessments will be written and will include a mixture of multiple choice, short and longer mark questions. Topic areas that assess technical theory will see students being assessed through the answering of longer essay style questions where students will be able to provide a lengthier response. Good literacy will be taken in to consideration when marking these types of questions.   

 

Curriculum Delivery Plan:

Autumn

Cybersecurity

Representation - Clay to silicone

Spring

Programming Essentials - Code.org

Intro to text based python programming

Summer

Modelling Data

Developing for the web

 

Year 9

 

Link: Year 9 Computer Science In Year Progression Plan

 

Assessment:

Assessments will be written and will include a mixture of multiple choice, short and longer mark questions. Topic areas that assess technical theory will see students being assessed through the answering of longer essay style questions where students will be able to provide a lengthier response. Good literacy will be taken in to consideration when marking these types of questions.   

 

Curriculum Delivery Plan:

Autumn

Representation - Clay to silicone

Data Representation - Going audio visual

Spring

Programming Essentials - Code.org

Intro to text based python programming

Summer

Mobile app development

Media-Animation

 

Year 10

 

Link: Year 10 IT In Year Progression Plan

Link: Exam Specification

 

Assessment:

Students will sit one exam and need to complete 2 units of coursework across the two years. In Year 10 students will complete:

Unit 50: In the Digital World - this unit accesses the students understanding of IT in the digital world. It is an exam unit where students will learn about design and testing concepts for creating an IT solution or product, and the uses of IT in the digital world.  This is an exam unit which will be sat at the end of year 11. 

Unit 60: This unit is assessed by completing a set assignment. In this unit you will learn how to plan, design, create, test and evaluate a data manipulation spreadsheet solution to meet client’s requirements. You will be able to evaluate your solution based on the user requirements. This is a coursework unit which students complete in year 10 ready for May moderation. 

Year 11

 

Link: Year 11 CNAT iMedia In Year Progression Plan

Link: Exam Specification

 

Assessment:

Students will be assessed on two units of course work in Year 11. Their course work grades from these units will be combined with the grades they achieved on the work they completed in Year 10.

Unit R082: Creating a Digital Graphic

Unit R087: Creating Interactive Multimedia Products

Year 12

 

Link: Year 12 CTEC ICT Introductory Diploma In Year Progression Plan

Link: Exam Specification

 

Assessment:

Assessments / mocks will be written and will follow the same structure as the real exam that’s to be sat in May. Unit 1 (Fundamentals of IT) will start with multiple choice questions followed by a mixture of short and long answer questions. Unit 2 (Global Information) will be the same less the multiple choice section.

 

Autumn Term Curriculum Delivery Plan:

Unit 1 - Fundamentals of IT

Unit 12 - Mobile Technology (Coursework)

 

Spring Term Curriculum Delivery Plan:

Unit 2 – Global Information
Unit 12 – Mobile Technology (Coursework)

 

Summer Term Curriculum Delivery Plan:

Unit 2 - Global Information
Unit 1 - Fundamentals of IT - Revision 
Unit 12 – Mobile Technology (Coursework)

 

Useful Links:

Level 3 Cambridge Technical in IT Unit 1 (ocr.org.uk)

UNIT 2: Global information (ocr.org.uk)

Unit 4 Spec

Unit 12 Mobile technology (ocr.org.uk)

Year 13

 

Link: Year 13 CTEC ICT Introductory Diploma In Year Progression Plan

Exam Specifications:

Link:  IT Level 3 Certificate Introductory Diploma (05840)

Link:  IT Level 3 Certificate Diploma (05842)  

 

Assessment:

Assessments / mocks will be written and will follow the same structure as the real exam that’s to be sat in May. Unit 1 (Fundamentals of IT) will start with multiple choice questions followed by a mixture of short and long answer questions. Unit 2 (Global Information) and Unit 3 (Cyber Security Dip Only) will be the same less the multiple choice section and will both include a pre-release scenario to study in preparation for the exam.

 

Autumn Curriculum Delivery Plan:

Unit 4 – Computer Networks (Coursework)

 

Spring/Summer Curriculum Delivery Plan:

Unit 17 - Internet of Things (Coursework)

 

Useful Links:

Cambridge Techncials Level 3 in IT Mapping Guide - Unit 4 Computer Networks (ocr.org.uk)

https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/267469-internet-of-everything.pdf