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Ark India Lajpat Nagar first day
Thursday 19th November 2015

The first ever school outside of the UK supported by an academy network held a special celebration assembly today, four months after opening. The school, Lajpat-Nagar III Primary School in South Delhi, India was established through a new partnership between Ark and the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), the local government, and is free to attend. 

Friday 13th November 2015

Ark St Alban's Academy was today featured in a TES cover feature: "Birmingham's shining bright." The story reveals how schools in Birmingham, once thought of as underachieving, have recently seen an impressive increase in results. The TES notes that at Ark St Alban's "80 percent of students qualify for the pupil premium, yet 69 per cent achieved 5 A*-C grades at GCSE including English and maths - well above the national average of 52.8 per cent."

Friday 23rd October 2015

Figures released by the Department for Education show that Ark Kings Academy in Birmingham is the most improved sponsored academy in the whole country over two years. 
Since 2013, GCSE results at Ark Kings are up 27 percentage points, while the national average for all schools is down by 6 points.

Thursday 15th October 2015

Ark's King Solomon Academy was today confirmed as the best non-selective school in England with the publication of secondary school league tables by the Department for Education.
93% of students at King Solomon Academy, which is located in the most economically deprived ward in London,  got at least 5 GCSEs rated A*-C including English and maths, the main measure of secondary school performance.

Ark Oval Primary
Tuesday 13th October 2015

New figures show that five year olds at Ark schools are outperforming the national average by over a fifth (22%).
81% of pupils at the academy network’s primary schools secured a ‘Good Level of Development’ in the early years, compared to 66% nationally.

Thursday 24th September 2015

Official figures released today by the Department for Education on key stage 1 results (pupils aged seven) and phonics checks show that Ark achieved results well above the national average on every headline measure.

Friday 18th September 2015

It takes a special kind of resilience, determination and great teaching to go from being a political refugee to a place at Oxford University – but Maan Al-Yasiri had all three in spades.
Maan’s family is originally from Iraq, but moved to Syria to escape political persecution before Maan was born: 'I have three uncles who were political opponents of the Saddam regime and one of them spent time in Abu Ghraib prison.’

Ark Boulton Academy
Wednesday 9th September 2015

Ark is pleased to welcome four schools to the network this September, bringing the total number of schools in the network to 34.

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Friday 21st August 2015

Ark students from across Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth have been celebrating their GCSE results.

Lara from Ark 6th Form East Sussex celebrates her A Level results
Friday 14th August 2015

With our students collecting their A level results yesterday, there was plenty to celebrate. Follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook to keep up to date – and look out for our posts on GCSE results day next week.

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