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25/03/25

Preparations are well underway! Don't miss out- get your tickets and joins us at HASU on Wednesday 26th or Thursday 27th March for spectacular production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! See you all there! pic.twitter.com/LlK3XUXppa

19/03/25

Team 622 (28372) mentoring the team. Sharing their passion for building the STEM pipeline 😀 pic.twitter.com/1RycVqfA0L

19/03/25

🥉 Huge congratulations to our Year 7 Netball Team for finishing 3rd place at their residential tournament!👏🏐 An amazing achievement—well done to all the players for their hard work, teamwork, and dedication! 🎉💪#HASU pic.twitter.com/5FEyA6zEql

18/03/25

We had an excellent morning taking part in the regional heat. Very happy to come away as winners of the participation prize! pic.twitter.com/KP51RfU40Z

18/03/25

Team HASU & The Booklets are ready to quiz! pic.twitter.com/lGrIrXVe12

13/03/25

Congratulations to our winning Y12 team who together with East Dulwich students won the LSE Generate Enterprise Competition at the London School of Economics!👏 Their hard work and innovation have earned them an internship at LSE. Well done!#HASU pic.twitter.com/uf5F4In34c

11/03/25

Congratulations to our Scholars! Well done to Elizabeth and Raghav for being awarded the prestigious Arkwright Scholarship after a rigorous six-month process, showcasing their outstanding talent and dedication to engineering and design.We are incredibly proud!#ArkwrightScholars pic.twitter.com/7SWHMrYNcX

10/03/25

Last Wednesday,a team of Y10 students represented HASU in Physics Tournament .The event challenged students with a range of physics-based activities, including a practical experiment on simple harmonic motion and problem-solving tasks. It was a memorable experience pic.twitter.com/oxPko00pPg

06/03/25

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06/03/25

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06/03/25

Epic costumes from teachers pic.twitter.com/SLc31bnmhs

06/03/25

Here we go.! Years 7, 8 and 9 pic.twitter.com/hElH5qDBNQ

06/03/25

We have lots of fantastic costumes on show today - watch this space....! pic.twitter.com/g92NrKNFZb

05/03/25

Year 7 had a fantastic morning with learning about Nigeria, Onyeka and her friends and the superheroes who inspired them. The fun continued in the library with a book signing. pic.twitter.com/yIpHcG0iNt

05/03/25

🎤 On Monday, two Y10 pupils, Ramya and Ibrahim, represented HASU at the Sutton Regional Final of the Petchey Speak competition! They earned their spots in the final, showcasing powerful storytelling. We’re so proud of their achievements—well done!👏#SpeakOutChallenge pic.twitter.com/PXnQZPnCdw

03/03/25

Great afternoon with who spoke passionately to our Year 10s about the importance and power of storytelling. Sam also introduced us to her YA horror ‘Girls of Little Hope’. Story telling then continued with a group of students in a creative writing workshop. pic.twitter.com/I34VRsjQTn

28/02/25

We are proud to share that HASU is the TOP non-selective school in Sutton for Progress! We’re also ranked 49th nationally among all non-selective, co-educational schools for Progress 8.This is a testament to our students' hard work and dedication!#HASU pic.twitter.com/pdd9m6qRW3

28/02/25

We are so excited to be welcoming to to speak to Year 10 on Monday 3rd March in celebration of Pupils can pre order 'Girls of Little Hope' to have signed by Sam on the day. Speak to Ms Lock for more information 🤩 pic.twitter.com/VpA0OzWVeS

26/02/25

Product Design students met Gibsons to start a collaborative project. Gibsons described the aspects of designing, manufacturing and selling puzzles/games & job roles involved. We saw samples and discussed problems they've had to solve in developing games. Thank you Emily & Kate. pic.twitter.com/Hs77ellnaZ

26/02/25

We are so excited to be welcoming to to speak to Year 7 on Wednesday 5th March in celebration of . Pupils can pre order 'Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun' to have signed by Tola on the day. Speak to Ms Lock for more information 🤩 pic.twitter.com/yfgS5dVJI9

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Mr Duffy

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Mr Duffy is Assistant Principal and Designated Safeguarding Lead, and teaches Music and Performing Arts. These are all roles that he absolutely loves. He is passionate about pastoral care and ensuring every student has the opportunity to flourish and succeed. As a teacher of Music and Performing Arts he gets to work closely with all of the students to help them unlock their creative potential as well as seeing them grow in confidence through the medium of performance. He is also a trained Stonewall School Champion and leads LGBTQ+ inclusivity within the school.

Mr Duffy started playing the piano at the age of 4, and the oboe at the age of 8. He knew from a very early age that he wanted to pursue a career that involved Music in some way. He did his degree at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, achieving a BMus(Hons) degree. It was during his degree that he undertook a module linked to teaching, and it was at this point that he discovered that teaching Music was what he wanted to do as a career. He then went on to get his PGCE from the University of Reading.   

Mr Duffy began his teaching career in Mill Hill, North London where he worked as a Teacher of Music for 4 years. He then moved to a school in Surrey as Head of Music, where he taught for a further 4 years. Prior to coming to Harris Academy Sutton he was a Head of Year and Subject Lead for Music at a school in Reading, where he was for nearly 5 years. He feels his experience as a Pastoral Lead and as a Curriculum Lead gives him the skills required to enable the students at Harris Academy Sutton to achieve the very best they can.

When Mr Duffy isn’t working you are most likely to find him running. He has run more than 40 marathons and has recently got into the slightly crazy world of Ultramarathon running, sometimes running races of more than 50 miles in length!

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