Latest blogs

The Global Education Reform Movement (GERM) in 2017: A Year in Review

Wednesday 20th December 2017

Lee Crawfurd is Head of Research for The Education Partnerships Group (EPG). Previously he has worked as a researcher with the RISE programme at the Center for Global Development, consultant with Oxford Policy Management, communications expert with Innovations for Poverty Action, and as an economist in the South Sudan Ministry of Finance and UK Department for Work & Pensions.

Ark teachers come together for Network Day

Friday 15th December 2017

On Friday 8 December, 1,300 teachers from across the Ark network came together for the first Network Day of the academic year. Ark's Head of Secondary Curriculum and Assessment, Jasper Green, explains more...

What’s a Network Day?

'Our all-day singing lesson for male pupils transforms them'

Friday 8th December 2017

Margaret O’Shea is Director of Music at Ark.

My trip to India: sharing and learning with teachers in Delhi

Friday 24th November 2017

Amy Bailey is an English teacher from Ark Charter Academy in Portsmouth. This summer, she spent two weeks working with teachers at three Ark-supported schools in India as part of the Ark Global Teaching Fellowship. Here she shares a blog about her experiences.

Matt Jones: Levelling the Playing Field

Thursday 23rd November 2017

VIDEO: Using technology in the classroom with James Leonard from Google

Tuesday 21st November 2017

James Leonard, UK Lead at Google for Education, led a session on technology in the classroom at Ark's Teach 2017 conference. He believes that rolling out technology is much more than simply purchasing devices.

The 'Hero's Journey' - a programme to improve professionalism in male students

Tuesday 14th November 2017

Ciaran Thapar is the Access and Universities Officer at Ark Globe Academy in South London.

Rachel Macfarlane: How our brand new school went straight to the top 1%

Tuesday 31st October 2017

Rachel Macfarlane has been teaching in and around London for the past 30 years. She’s the Principal of Isaac Newton Academy, an all-through school in Ilford which opened in 2012 as part of the Ark network.

Building a great curriculum - what knowledge do we need?

Thursday 26th October 2017

Jasper Green has worked in education for the past 15 years, and is now Head of Secondary Curriculum and Assessment at Ark. After studying Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford, he gained his PGCE and later a PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.

Five ways to develop mindfulness in primary classrooms

Wednesday 25th October 2017

Tammie Prince is a primary headteacher and National Leader of Education (NLE). She has more than 25 years’ experience in education across the UK and USA.