In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week (9-15th May), we spoke with two school leaders to learn how they supported their school community's mental health and wellbeing needs during the pandemic. This blog is the latest in our #ArkPeople series.
It's been two years since we launched our COVID-19 Appeal to help schools deal with the turbulence caused by the pandemic, and we focused on three key areas.
The Year 7 boys' team from Ark Globe Academy and Year 7 girls' team from Ark Putney Academy were crowned winners at the first Ark junior 7-a-side football tournament on 28 April.
With 250 students from twelve Ark schools, there was a lot of excitement and friendly rivalry on the pitches last month.
To claim their trophies, Ark Globe beat Ark All Saints 3-1, and Ark Putney won 1-0 against Ark Academy.
Ark Teacher Training, a programme formed in 2015 by Ark to bring recent graduates into the profession, has today been hailed 'Outstanding' in all areas by Ofsted.
Ark Teacher Training was inspected under Ofsted's new inspection framework, which has seen many 'outstanding' providers marked down. To date, there are only three providers in the country who have retained this rating.
According to a new report published today by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), teachers who delivered the English Mastery Key Stage 3 programme – which provides teachers with resources and tools to support their practice – reported that it reduced their workload and improved their pupil’s literacy skills and engagement.
SPArk is Ark's new student-facing learning portal, which aims to enable more effective independent learning at home. The portal includes workbooks, videos, games and events for all subjects and year groups. We launched SPArk at the start of the pandemic to provide network-wide remote learning resources to students across all year groups. This accompanied the deployment of over 20,000 Chromebooks to enable our students to get online while at home.
On Wednesday 23 March we held a medicine and healthcare careers fair at Ark Walworth Academy. Experts from more than 14 disciplines gave Ark students information about their jobs, and advice about working in the sector.
You can watch the highlights of the event here:
Two Year 6 pupils from Ark Swift Primary Academy have chosen names for the gigantic cranes being used to construct their new school.
The building will open in September 2023 and bring together two Ark primary schools – Ark Swift and Ark Burlington Danes (BDA), creating a two-form entry school named Ark White City Primary Academy.
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