As part of ARK’s University and Careers Success programme, Tolu was one of just six students to secure a summer school placement to Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, United States. This is his first of three blogs about his experience. Tolu graduated from ARK Kings Academy in Birmingham this August with seven GCSEs.
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ARK’s approach to teaching maths, Mathematics Mastery, has completed its first year and is already seeing excellent results. The programme aims to ensure all pupils fully understand mathematical concepts and has already been taught to more than 2,000 children in 30 primary schools.
ARK Schools today reported the network’s seventh GCSE results for the eight ARK academies which have GCSE students. Across the network, 58% of pupils achieved five A*-C grades including English and mathematics, with attainment in both mathematics and English outperforming national attainment. Across the network:
ARK Schools has reported a third set of A level results for the three schools that now have year 13 students: Burlington Danes Academy, Walworth Academy and ARK Putney Academy. Across the three schools 186 students sat 555 A level and equivalent exams achieving a 98% pass rate overall – in line with national attainment for 2013.
ARK Atwood Primary Academy in North Westminster has been graded outstanding in every category by Ofsted, the second of ARK’s 2011 primary openings to be rated outstanding in recent weeks.
The two-form entry primary academy opened in September 2011 just off the Harrow Road and is now over-subscribed. Reflecting the diverse local population, pupils have links with 26 countries, many speaking English as a second language. An above average proportion of children are eligible for pupil premium.
ARK Conway Primary School in Hammersmith has received a letter of congratulations from the Prime Minister on having been graded outstanding in every category by Ofsted, the first Free School to secure the highest rating from Her Majesty’s Inspectors.
The letter reads: “To all the staff and pupils at ARK Conway. Many congratulations on being the first free school to get an outstanding from Ofsted. This is a superb achievement and one you can all be proud of. Best wishes, David Cameron.”
On 3 July, we staged our biggest Music Gala yet at the Barbican in London, featuring more than 500 students from 18 schools.
Our annual Music Gala is a highlight in our schools' calendar: a celebration of music from across the network, it's an opportunity for students of all ages and abilities to perform on stage in front of a select audience of parents, teachers and invited guests.
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ARK Conway Primary School in Hammersmith has been graded outstanding in every category by Ofsted, the first Free School to secure the highest rating from Her Majesty’s Inspectors. The school was commended for its “high quality teaching that inspires and motivates all pupils to try their very best.”
ARK Schools is delighted to announce that Laura Stone, Head of Humanities at Burlington Danes Academy in Hammersmith, London, has been named “Inspirational Teacher of the Year” at the 2013 Times Educational Supplement Awards, held on 05 July.
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