A team of three year 11 students from Ark Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton, south London, have won 'Best Innovative Product' in the TeenTech 2019 Awards, celebrating at Buckingham Palace. It was a double win for the school, as teacher Sumair Mohammed also won TeenTech's 'Teacher of the Year' award.
English Mastery, a knowledge-rich, key stage three curriculum and teacher development programme, incubated by Ark Ventures, has been selected for a two-year Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) efficacy trial, it was announced today.
An earlier and smaller trial of English Mastery published last year by the Brilliant Club, concluded that, on average, students in schools that adopted the programme made four months more progress than similar students in similar schools that did not adopt the programme.
“What is a knowledge-rich curriculum?”
This was the topic of a recent panel discussion hosted by English Mastery, featuring educators and curriculum design experts. John Blake, Ark’s Curriculum Design Lead, put forward the argument that a knowledge-rich curriculum was often misinterpreted as the memorisation of facts supported by rote learning.
Today it was announced that Assembly, a venture working to transform the way schools use data, is becoming part of Groupcall.
Assembly, a joint venture between Ark and the NEON Foundation, has been incubated by Ark since it was founded in 2015. By transferring to Groupcall, Assembly has found a widely-respected partner who will support the organisation as it continues to grow.
Ark Paddington Green Primary is today celebrating the results of its recent Ofsted inspection, which graded the school as “good” with outstanding features.
The report praised the school’s leadership, stating: “Leaders, governors and the trust have worked highly effectively to make significant improvements to the school since it became an academy. They have designed a relevant and inspiring curriculum that develops pupils’ skills and knowledge and fosters a strong understanding of equality and diversity”
Ark William Parker Academy and Hastings Athletic club came together to celebrate the reopening of the high spec Ark William Parker athletics arena this month. Team GB elite athletes Adam Clarke and Charlotte Purdue officially declared the track open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and were joined by an enthusiastic gathering of local dignitaries, the William Parker Foundation, students and club members.
Ark Ayrton Primary Academy in Portsmouth is celebrating its recent Ofsted report, which has graded the school as good. The school was previously rated as ‘requires improvement’ at its last inspection in 2016.
Isaac Newton Academy, an all-through Ark school in Ilford, East London, has been rated outstanding by Ofsted for the second time in a row.
The school first opened in 2012, and the results from its latest cohort of GCSE students put it in the top 2 percent of schools in the country for Progress.
Research has shown that the quality of a teacher is the most important factor in a student’s achievement, more than school leadership, prior attainment or any other variable.
If teachers are so important to a student’s success and recruiting and training more teachers is a national priority, why is it that we know so little about what makes one person more likely to become a successful teacher and stay in the profession versus another?
This September Ark is welcoming three schools in South and West London to the network, bringing our total number of schools to 38 across Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth.
Ark Acton Academy (previously Acton High School) is a six-form entry secondary school and sixth form in Acton, West London. Ark Acton will benefit from links with the proposed nearby secondary school Ark Soane Academy, due to open in 2021.
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