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14/02/25

Read the book, complete the quiz and enjoy the reward! pic.twitter.com/Mczlw3rU1S

14/02/25

This is now taking place on Thursday 27th February 4.30 - 6.30

13/02/25

Our fabulous governor, Richard Hughes, led his third week of filmmaking workshops with Harris Sixth Formers from Orpington and Bromley. The students handled a professional film camera and learnt scripting & narrative techniques used in documentary filmmaking pic.twitter.com/rgdS0IVLke

13/02/25

Earn a wage, gain experience and get qualified - all at the same time! ✅ From GCSEs to master's degrees, there's an apprenticeship for everyone. Start your journey at https://t.co/1uoO3OEe4c#NAW2025 pic.twitter.com/uJqJgkCSUO

12/02/25

🚨 1 DAY TO GO! 🚨 Thinking about an apprenticeship? Got questions about applying, finding the right one, or what it’s really like? 🤔 Join us LIVE on TikTok tomorrow from 16:30 (UK) as a UCAS expert & apprentice answer your questions💬 Sign up here: https://t.co/OQN55A0N6N pic.twitter.com/52hqjLMHtE

12/02/25

Do you know an inspiring new teacher? Zac Moxon, one of our judges, shares what makes a great entry for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year. Celebrate the difference they're making in your school community by nominating today: https://t.co/9k7eL9mvGv pic.twitter.com/zhIY7OjFni

12/02/25

Looking for some new kit? Got an expedition coming up and not sure what to pack? 🤔 We can help with that! Check out our DofE Expedition Kit Guide! It’s packed full of useful information and is aimed at helping participants and parents to choose and then find the right kit for… pic.twitter.com/qmlurIH8Oj

11/02/25

It’s in England! We’re celebrating the positive impact apprenticeships have on young people – especially if you do your DofE as an apprentice! ✅ We work with lots of organisations to offer DofE Business to their staff as part of early careers… pic.twitter.com/kMKDuVHhhI

11/02/25

Half term is from Monday 14th February to Friday the 21st February 2025. We hope you enjoy the break and are refreshed for next half term when school is open again on 24th February. pic.twitter.com/QcwaFvJcDQ

10/02/25

Round two of our amazing 'The Globe Players', this time performing Romeo and Juliet to kick start our Year 9 study of the play. pic.twitter.com/57alJnMCvA

10/02/25

Year 11 are having an immersive English experience revising for their exams. The fantastic Globe Players performing ‘An Inspector Calls’, bringing the play to life and revising the key quotes! An amazing performance! pic.twitter.com/FBuDCfkKZI

06/02/25

Come and speak with us at the Recruitment Fair this Saturday 8 February in Central London. We are looking forward to meeting with talented educators as well as those looking to start their careers in teaching. Register your interest here: https://t.co/8XZOQygomf pic.twitter.com/v7ALtr3aZM

06/02/25

A reminder that 14th February 2025 is a staff training day and that the school is closed to students, with exception to those in Year 11 who have been invited in for masterclasses. pic.twitter.com/qNjcgJK7Wx

06/02/25

A huge thankyou to Carol Pinnock from for delivering a fantastic assembly to Year 10 on the topic of 'Self-esteem and Healthy relationships'.#Childrensmentalhealthweek pic.twitter.com/zlfXWxlj5c

06/02/25

HAO hosted it's annual Careers fair on 31st January. Years 9-13 had the opportunity talk to many experts in their fields about the different career pathways open to them. Thank you to all of our guests that attended.https://t.co/LXsiWb071u pic.twitter.com/psLSadEDs4

28/01/25

There has been a date change for upcoming parent and carer evenings, so please be mindful of the below: Year 8 is now on Thursday 6th February 2025. Year 9 is now on Thursday 20th March 2025.#HAOSaveTheDate pic.twitter.com/CTJf7EPHXO

20/01/25

Congratulations to our Y11 football team! On Friday they had a 4-1 win against . Great teams and a great match had by all.

20/01/25

So many students attended the Principals Breakfast last week for 100% attendance. Well done to all! pic.twitter.com/SVCSbxwQ7E

05/12/24

Apologies to our visitors as this event has been postponed to the 27th February 2025.

02/12/24

A huge thank you to Mr McFarlane, for visiting HAO today to discuss options with our Year 11, 12 and 13 students. pic.twitter.com/Js4DUZTsrk

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Posted on March 6th 2019

Orpington 100 - One Hundred Books to Enjoy

Orpington 100.jpg large (1) 2We're proud to announce the launch of the Orpington 100 - a list of 100 books that students can aim to read during their time at the Academy. 

Including both contemporary fiction and classics, take a look at the books listed below and then choose which one to read first! Students taking up the challenge of reading all 100 books will gain hugely from the experience, whether reading for pure pleasure or to broaden their knowledge and literary horizons.

We'll be referring to the list in lessons and discussing books with students too, whenever we get the chance. So check out the list below and decide which one you will read next! Copies of all the books will be found in our school library.

The Orpington 100 list

Book

Author

A Bend in the River

VS Naipaul

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Daniel Handler

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Any Human Heart

William Boyd

Atonement

Ian McEwan

Beloved

Toni Morrison

Between Shades of Gray

Ruta Sepetys

Bleak House

Charles Dickens

Brighton Rock

Graham Greene

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

Charlotte’s Web

EB White

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Diary of a Wimpey Kid

Jeff Kinney

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

Anne Tyler

Dr Zhivago

Boris Pasternak

Dracula

Bram Stoker

Fantastic Mr Fox

Roald Dahl

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Gulliver’s Travels

Jonathan Swift

Harry Potter series

JK Rowling

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterley

His Dark Materials trilogy

Philip Pullman

I Capture the Castle

Dodie Smith

I, Corriander

Sally Gardner

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte

Les Miserables

Victor Hugo

Lily Alone

Jaqueline Wilson

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

Me Before You

Jojo Moyes

Middlemarch

George Eliot

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

Nausea

Jean-Paul Sartre

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell

Noughts and Crosses

Malorie Blackman

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Pigeon English

Stephen Kelman

Poems of the Great War: 1914-1918

  

Pride and Prejudice

 Jane Austen

Rebecca

Daphne Du Maurier

Refugee Boy

Benjamin Zephaniah

Salt to the Sea

Ruta Sepetys

Scoop

Evelyn Waugh

Small Island

Andrea Levy

Suite Francaise

Irene Neirovsky

Swallows and Amazons

Arthur Ransome

Terror Kid

Benjamin Zephaniah

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

The 39 Steps

John Buchan

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

The Alchemist

Paul Coelho

The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler

The Book Thief 

Marcus Zusak

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

John Boyne

The Catcher in the Rye

JD Salinger

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

Mark Haddon

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

The Golden Notebook

Doris Lessing

The Great Gatsby

F Scott Fitzgerald

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

The Hobbit

 JRR Tolkien

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

The Life of Pi

Yann Martel

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

CS Lewis

The Lord of the Rings

JRR Tolkein

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

The Name of the Rose

Umberto Eco

The Other Boleyn Girl

 Philippa Gregory

The Perks of Being a Wallflower 

Stephen Chbosky

The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Muriel Spark

The Red and Black

Stendhal

One Day

David Nicholls

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

The Stranger

Albert Camus

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

The Tin Drum

Gunter Grass

The Twits

Roald Dahl

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

John le Carre

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Tom Jones

Henry Fielding

Tracy Beaker

Jaqueline Wilson

Under the Net

Iris Murdoch

Utterly Me

Clarice Bean

War Horse

Michael Morpurgo

Wonderful Life: Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

Stephen J Gould

Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte
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