Student-led organisation and leadership remain part of the HAPU model.
MSC atHAPU
MSC at HAPU
Harris Academy Purley
Harris Academy Purley is where MSC began. The initiative developed from a small STEM competition into a broader student-led model involving subject-based projects, practical challenges, student leadership and larger STEM activity.
Host SchoolActive MSC School
Year groupsYear 7 · Year 8 · Year 9
MSC began here23 September 2024
LocationPurley, London
Current academic year2026-27
Curriculum delivery
The shared MSC curriculum, delivered in a local school context.
HAPU follows the shared MSC Year 7-9 curriculum. The central curriculum remains the same across participating schools, while HAPU can organise its timetable, programmes, competitions and local projects around its own school context.
Local delivery
How HAPU organises MSC
Science, Maths and Computing are connected through practical, subject-based work.
Departments and enrichment routes can support delivery without creating separate curriculum versions.
Local programmes such as Exploration Day sit alongside the shared Year 7-9 curriculum.
School impact
MSC reach at HAPU
Confirmed figures and projections are labelled separately.
443confirmed
Students supported at HAPU to date
Confirmed cumulative HAPU reach supplied for the current MSC impact record.
~615projected
Projected HAPU reach in 2026-27
Estimated reach under the wider proposed 2026-27 structure.
Local projects
What MSC looks like at HAPU
Local programmes can vary by school without changing the central curriculum.
Exploration Day
A HAPU-specific full-day practical STEM programme extending MSC activity across the school day.
Practical STEM projects
Subject-based projects in Science, Maths and Computing built around making, testing, evidence and improvement.
MSC competitions
Collaborative competition structures that can recognise tutor-group and wider team performance without replacing the curriculum itself.
Archive
Previous academic years
Older delivery information stays available without cluttering the current school pages.