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Sport at Purley

We provide our students the opportunity to become resilient, hardworking, respectful and fair. We aim to show students that they can achieve success no matter what experience or ability they have.

Sport at Harris Academy Purley is growing year on year, with teams now regularly competing in local, regional and national competitions in football, basketball, netball, rugby, cricket, athletics and table tennis. We have created links with local community sports teams to enhance our extra-curricular activities to ensure that every student can take part in sport outside of the classroom.

HAPU Football 01

Football

Our football teams, both boys and girls, compete in the Croydon Schools League, Croydon Schools Cup, Harris Federation Cup and English Schools Cup. Students have access to regular training sessions alongside a competitive fixture list.

Croydon Football League

Federation Football Competitions

HAPU Basketball

Basketball

We have partnered with Greenhouse Sports to develop Basketball at Harris Academy Purley. We have a full-time basketball coach who co-ordinates fixtures, before school and after school clubs, and who runs gifted and talented sessions for our more able basketball players.

Our basketball teams, both boys and girls, compete in the Croydon Schools League, Greenhouse Sports League, Croydon Schools Cup, Jr NBA League, Harris Federation Cup and English Schools Cup.  Students have access to regular training sessions alongside a competitive fixture list. Students have gone on to represent Harris Knights Basketball Team.

Croydon Schools Basketball

HAPU Netball

Netball

Our Netball teams compete in the Croydon Schools League and the Harris Federation Cup.  Students have access to regular training sessions alongside a competitive fixture list.

Croydon Schools Netball

HAPU Cricket

Cricket

Cricket is very popular and has grown alongside our partnership with First Ball Cricket Academy.  They run indoor nets over the winter to improve core skills ready for fixtures against local Croydon schools in the summer term. 

First Ball Academy
HAPU Athletics

Athletics

Our Athletics teams compete in the Croydon Schools Athletics Competition, Croydon Schools Indoor Athletics, English Schools Track and Field Cup, and Harris Federation Athletics Competitions.

Basketball highlights filmed and edited by one of our Year 11 students