Latest blogs

Joy Waelend

Joy Waelend on the changes in primary education

Thursday 25th May 2017

Joy Waelend is the Executive Principal of Ark Ayrton Primary Academy and Ark Dickens Primary Academy in Portsmouth. She was recently interviewed on BBC Radio Solent about how education in primary schools has changed over the years.

English Mastery

Introducing English Mastery - bridging the gap between academic and cultural literacy

Wednesday 24th May 2017

Nick Wallace is the Senior Curriculum and Development Lead for English Mastery and has been with the team and project since its inception. He is an experienced English teacher and a Teach First alumnus.
 

Zareen’s poetic journey to Oxbridge

Wednesday 10th May 2017

Zareen is a sixth form student at Ark Globe Academy. She's also a poet, who helped found a youth poetry collective at her school and has performed at spoken word poetry “slams” on stages large and small in both the UK and the USA. Recently, she became the first Globe student to receive an offer from Oxbridge. 

Understanding the teenage brain: Four methods for supporting students

Wednesday 3rd May 2017

Bradley Busch is an HCPC registered Psychologist. He is a partner at InnerDrive, developing student mindsets in schools and designing and delivering teacher CPD.

Ten tips for promoting staff wellbeing in your school

Thursday 27th April 2017

 
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Reducing the load - part three: How scale helps teachers save time on data collection and analysis

Friday 21st April 2017

In our previous blogposts we discussed how great results can be achieved through informed action, which depends on insightful analysis based on accurate data. At Ark, our goal is to minimise the time spent on data collection and analysis, leaving more time for action.

Reducing the load - part two: How consistency helps teachers save time on data collection and analysis

Monday 3rd April 2017

In our previous blog post, we discussed how great results can be achieved through informed action, which depends on insightful analysis based on accurate data. At Ark, our goal is to minimise the time spent on data collection and analysis, leaving more time for action.

Gail Peyton

Gail Peyton and the Art of School Leadership

Tuesday 28th March 2017

Gail Peyton is Ark’s Regional Director for primary schools in Birmingham. In this blog post, she discusses school leadership and how her own personal experiences helped form her leadership style.

Reducing teacher workload

Reducing the load: How teachers can save time on data collection and analysis

Monday 20th March 2017

This article first featured in Teach - our monthly best practice newsletter featuring tips and practical advice from Ark, our partners and our friends. 
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Uganda

What connects a Ugandan hotel night guard to John Major? An interest in school performance league tables…

Tuesday 14th March 2017

James O'Donoghue works for the Ark Education Partnerships Group, leading on work in Uganda with the Ugandan government and UK Department for International Development on school accountability and public-private partnership research and reforms

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External blogs

The Guardian

How I've made Walworth Academy a safe space for students to share problems

Sunday 10th May 2015

The Guardian

‘Britain’s brightest student’ taking aim at teaching’s sacred cows

Tuesday 25th November 2014

The Telegraph (Blog)

The school that proves Michael Gove is right (King Solomon Academy)

Tuesday 30th September 2014

Times Education Supplement

‘How we achieved dramatically good GCSE results in the poorest ward in London’

Monday 22nd August 2011