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28/03/25

A visit to is always inspirational. Listening to talks from legal experts then learning how to perform surgical stitches. Lawyers and Doctors in the making! 💙 pic.twitter.com/DRQaQxkDsE

28/03/25

Y11 Thursday lunchtime football is a welcome break from their laser focus on learning. So many smiles from players to spectators! A joy to watch! 💙 pic.twitter.com/JIvbliLWMf

20/03/25

Our superstar Peer Mentors. Blessed to have such brilliant role models. We are grateful to you for all your efforts ✨ pic.twitter.com/4lXwPBPF39

20/03/25

Our Peer Mentors doing what they do best, supporting young people in our community. 💜 https://t.co/JWAqpukQ0X

20/03/25

It was a pleasure meeting the wonderful students. We hope you had a fantastic time 💜 https://t.co/19WQzQ9QV4

12/03/25

Brilliant trip to to bring Macbeth to life for Y10 🎭 pic.twitter.com/55GDzdNdyA

09/03/25

So grateful for the inspirational team from who presented such engaging sessions for 💜 pic.twitter.com/rSkuixJhjv

09/03/25

What a special International Women’s Day! Our students dressed as their future selves and enjoyed talks from a range of female leaders. 💜 pic.twitter.com/milj8KY6N0

07/03/25

Students enjoying their talk from a respected Forensic Scientist as part of 💜 pic.twitter.com/eQMRtKoDMS

07/03/25

The Great HGAED Bake Off sale for 💜 pic.twitter.com/60XiBq4GWS

07/03/25

Today we are celebrating with over 15 companies giving talks to our students (aka future leaders of tomorrow!) 💜 pic.twitter.com/7dXn4AGSSd

06/03/25

A brilliant day spent with inspiring our students through the We Can Be event. pic.twitter.com/CJgVTeus8G

06/03/25

A fantastic day at the London Flag Football! It’s not everyday you get to meet NFL legends 🏈 pic.twitter.com/Eq9ZARNwgc

26/02/25

We cannot wait to celebrate International Women’s Day at HGAED. So many inspirational women running careers sessions for our students 💜 pic.twitter.com/kVFoAoj3r8

26/02/25

Congratulations to our Y12 students for winning their team challenge We Can Be event 🙌 pic.twitter.com/rXSYkjAzuE

26/02/25

Always a highlight for our brilliant Y10 and Y12 students 💜 https://t.co/A06V0Rirpd

26/02/25

Congratulations to our brilliant Y7/8 Football Team. An exceptional win against Sydenham today! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/wRNQq4Z6w6

26/02/25

Thank you so much for your informative workshops for our Y7 - 10 students. https://t.co/Bh1cyv11Kb

21/12/24

Congratulations to our incredibly talented students for their inspiring performances at this years HGAEDs’ Got Talent Show 🎤 🙌 Thank you to the brilliant audience, the sisterhood was palpable! ❤️#charactercourageconscience pic.twitter.com/px5IEkG8UF

21/12/24

Our students impressive metalwork designs, inspired by Art Deco. So many exceptional pieces! pic.twitter.com/LWRGLCdvAP

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Posted on November 22nd 2016

Letter to Parents from the Principal

Principal HGAEDDear Parent/Carer

I hope that you had a restful break with your daughters at half term. This letter comprises information about the academy’s policy for lateness and contains an important leaflet to support you in the area of e-safety.

There is nothing more important for us as a school than keeping your children safe, and it can be a real challenge to keep up with changes in technology and know how to keep your daughter safe online. The internet and social media provide us with many wonderful opportunities but there are dangers.  Our safeguarding page contains important information and some links to help you access further support. Should you ever have concerns, please do let us know at the academy. You can contact your child’s Head of House or Chris Lamb, our safeguarding officer if you need support. Your daughter can use the SHARP system on our website to let us know of any problems and also has regular access to her coach, the Heads of House, the House Assistant Principals and the safeguarding officer if she is worried about anything.

Lateness

Please can I ask for your continued support in getting your daughters to school on time? As the weather worsens and the nights draw in, public transport is often less reliable. Can I ask you therefore to be vigilant in ensuring that your daughter is ready for school promptly and leaves with plenty of time to spare in getting to school? We are very concerned about the impact that lateness can have on pupils’ progress. Lessons start at 8:40, so if your daughter is late for school, she misses important learning. In order to support our drive for 100% punctuality, we will have punctuality prize draws for those with 100% punctuality and letters home.

To sanction those who are late to school or late to lessons, there will be a one hour detention set each Thursday for girls who have been late 3 times in the previous week. This includes late to lessons as well as late to school. You will be informed of these detentions by text, so we do ask you to ensure that we have up to date contact details for you. Please do let us know if there is a valid reason for your daughter’s lateness, such as a medical appointment. Be aware also that we make home visits with our safer schools police officer and refer to social services where we are very concerned about lateness to the academy.

Homework

Homework sanctions will continue as last year, with 3 missing homeworks triggering a one hour detention where girls will be expected to complete all the missing work. Non-attendance or non-completion of further homework will result in a longer detention of up to 2 hours. We really want to ensure all independent learning is completed as it is such a valuable addition to the limited time we have with your daughter in the classroom and really enables us to assess how she is progressing.

I thank you for your continuing support of your daughter and the academy. Please do let us know if you have any queries or concerns.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Carrie Senior

Principal

Download the letter as a pdf