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H.A.P.S.
@HAPSeducation
Harpurhey Alternative Provision School
We teach students skills they need to transform themselves, others, and their communities.
Hardwork: Aspire: Progress: Success
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Re-engagement and Success Begins With Us
Hardwork: Aspire: Progress: Success
Welcome to HAPS. We hope that our website shows you what we stand for as a school, our achievements, and our commitment to the young people, families, schools & communities we serve.
We are fiercely proud of our young people. We expect a lot of them both inside and outside the classroom, and are confident that they will rise to the challenges that we set. We expect every HAPS young person to enjoy education, be successful academically and become self-disciplined, resilient and outward looking. Our culture is celebratory and aspirational. Our school ethos is based around the four qualities that we hold most dear:
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Michael Hill — Headteacher
I wish I had known how good HAPS was going to be for me when I joined. Now I have been here and completed my GCSE’s I understand just how much they have helped me.
Former Year 11
Re-engagement and Success Begins With Us
Hardwork: Aspire: Progress: Success
At HAPS we offer a safe & supportive environment for young people to learn and grow with us. Our passion for learning means we achieve more than outstanding results. We strive to build confident and resilient individual and aim at delivering an education that is relative and supportive for their future.
We are an Alternative Provision School focused on safeguarding, social-emotional development and Core literacy and numeracy. Our young people leave with confidence progress and real-world skills ready for their next steps.
HAPS believes that school should be a place in which all students feel safe, valued and listened to. Staff at school take a considered and sensitive approach to supporting all our students and families. Our priority is to provide a safe environment for young people which enables them to learn and develop to their fullest potential. Everyone working at HAPS understands their responsibilities, roles and duties in providing effective safeguarding and protection of every young person in our care. Harpurhey Alternative Provision School believes in early identification of young people who are suffering or likely to suffer harm, taking appropriate action, and working closely with outside agencies to ensure the best for all our young people.
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Latest News @HAPSeducation
RE: INSET day at HAPS on Friday 15th November 2024
Wednesday 13th November 2024
Dear Parent/Guardian
I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to you to let you know that we will be having staff training on Friday (15th November) and so will be closed for students.
Part of this staff training is in our response to our recent OFSTED inspection. Hopefully your son/daughter brought home a letter from OFSTED informing you that they were inspecting HAPS and inviting you to complete a parental questionnaire. I am very grateful for your positive responses and look forward to the publication of the report before Christmas.
I would also take this opportunity to thank you all for attending review day last week, yet again we had a parental engagement of over 90% – a truly remarkable turnout, and something any school in the land would be proud of. It reflects how you support the work of the school and the education of your child.
Kind regards
Michael
Student review week: Thursday 7th November 2024:
We are holding our Autumn term 1 review day on Thursday 7th November 2024. All students families/carers have been sent a letter inviting them in at their appointment time. Families/carers and their student attend for their appointment time only. The are not required to attend for the rest of the day.
Home schools will be present for your Childs review, and future targets set as part of the meeting – it is essential that you make the appointment. If there are any issues please call school ASAP so that we can discuss possible ways to overcome the problem.
Student review week: 8th July to 11th July 2024:
Student review week took place during the week beginning Monday 8th July 2024. This is a very important time for us as we get to share the progress and achievement of our young people with their parents and home schools at the same time. Our students shine brightly, and it always humbles me to hear the hugely positive comments about the progress families feel being made by their child.
This review week we achieved 94.7% parental engagement. This is a new record high for us. It also demonstrates very clearly the value the families put in HAPS and the work we do with their young people.
I am so proud to be responsible for their education and development. This is made such a success by the partnership work done by the students, their parents, their home schools and HAPS.
Thank you all, Michael.
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GCSE Digital Art Portfolio – summer ’24
A students GCSE digital Art portfolio showcasing the learning journey he has been on with his art & design whilst @HAPSeducation
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Important letter from the Chair of Governors
“we are keen to offer a place on our governing body to any parent or guardian who feels that they might be able to offer some additional support to the school. If you would like to know more about the role of governor, please do take the time to contact the school and I (Colin) will happily take the time to call you and talk through with you what is involved”
National Careers Week 2025: 3rd – 8th March:
About National Careers Week.
National Careers Week (NCW) is a one-week celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. Our aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people develop awareness and excitement about their future pathways.
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Year 10 Work Experience Week – April 2025
Work Experience Monday 28th to Friday 2nd May 2025
We are excited that this year we can again offer the opportunity for Year 10 to take part in work experience. Following the huge success of work experience in 2024 we are looking to support our students once again taking responsibility for their futures now. It is incredibly important for students to enjoy experiencing the world of work first hand. Furthermore, with the current economic environment, employers place a high value on relevant work experience and an opportunity to demonstrate good employability skills.
Parent and Student Information – CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL WORK EXPERIENCE PACK
Work experience is when students spend time in an adult working environment carrying out tasks and duties more or less as an employee. The placement will not necessarily reflect the eventual career choice of the student but should allow a broad experience of the workplace and an opportunity to develop skills for the future.
The Benefits of work Experience
Work experience helps students to:
- Understand the world of work
- Improve and appreciate their skills and talents
- Gain confidence
- Accept the importance of school work and achieving good qualifications
- Gain knowledge of particular jobs or careers
The deadline for returning your completed Work Experience form is Friday 21st March 2025
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Year 11 Careers interviews – March/April ’25
All the year 11 homes schools arrange times for their careers specialists to be able to conduct virtual careers interview with their students – These careers interview are supported by staff from HAPS.
Blood Brothers – November 27th 2024:
Building on the success of Macbeth theatre trip last year we are booked in again this year. Year 11 and 10 students will be enjoying Manchesters finest theatre experience as well as learning for their GCSE English Literature exams at the same time!
Exhilarating… One of the best musicals ever written
– SUNDAY TIMES
A triumphant evening… Unmissable and unbeatable
– THE SPECTATOR
Brings the audience cheering to its feet and roaring approval
– THE DAILY MAIL
Bill Kenwright’s production surpassed 10,000 performances in London’s West End, one of only three musicals ever to achieve that milestone. It has been affectionately christened the ‘Standing Ovation Musical’, as inevitably it “brings the audience cheering to its feet and roaring its approval” (The Daily Mail).
Enrichment Week – 14th to 18th July 2025
We will be running a range of activities and trips during our enrichment week. Fingers crossed for the good weather so we can go to the seaside on one day.
These activities have been selected to give our young people experiences that are different and alternative to those which they normally experience.
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INFORMATION FOR PARENTS/CARERS ABOUT READING
We are able to provide support for parents/carers with helping their child to read and to develop a love of reading. If you would like advice or guidance about how to support your child, please get in touch with HAPS and we will do all we can to help.
Please here to download a leaflet about how to help your child with reading. If you would prefer a paper version, let us know and we will get one to you.
This is an archive article. It is now a moment in time. The date of May/June 2022 is proving to be a legacy set down and replicated in 2023 and again in 2024 – amazing
In 2023, 100% attendance, 100% punctuality, 100% engagement led to very single student passing every GCSE they were entered for. Every student met or exceeded expectations based on prior performance. EVERY SINGLE STUDENT OVERCAME THIER OWN PERSONAL BARRIERS AND SET THEM ASIDE AND FOCUSED AND EXCELLED.
In 2024, all students experience success in every GCSE they sat. Again, every student met or exceeded expectations and personal targets based on prior performance. Every single student conquered their own personal Everest. Totally humbling to witness. 5 or more GCSEs at level 4 or more is now a reality for our students – the precedent has been set for all to aspire to now.
“STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS” – £2 edge
Words can not describe what you have done – #PROUD
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Humbled & Without words
Our year 11 students completing their GCSE exams – phenomenal
WALK TALL HAPS Y11 –Raise your heads up very high, you have done more than most and been an absolute credit to HAPS -we are all proud beyond words in what you have achieved.
Without words – It has been an amazing and emotional journey that has been an absolute privilege for everyone fortunate to have been involved. All our student that have engaged with HAPS have 100% participation in their GCSE examinations.
Overcoming barriers and hurdles that are beyond comprehension.
Your integrity and honesty have shone through.
Go well, be very proud, your future starts now!
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