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VIDEO: Using summarisers in the classroom

Monday 20th May 2019

Tom McGing is a teacher at Ark Walworth Academy in South London. In this short film, he demonstrates how to use ‘summarisers’ to support student learning. 
Students digest more information and find it easier to recall things for exams, when they are asked to summarise what they’ve learnt at the end of a lesson. 

Is curriculum only what is taught in lessons?

Monday 20th May 2019

This blog is part of a series on Ark's approach to curriculum.  In his second post, John Blake, Ark’s Curriculum Design Lead, discusses how we can learn more about curriculum by looking at its outcomes. 

Macro-curriculum - School breadth

Wednesday 15th May 2019

This blog is part of a series on Ark's approach to curriculum.  In his posts, Rich Davies, Ark's Director of Insight defines the different types of 'macro-curriculum.' This time, he discusses 'School Breadth.'

Changing roles and changing lives - part 1

Tuesday 14th May 2019

Ark is not only a network of 38 schools in the UK. It also – through Ark Ventures – incubates 11 separate ventures, working in fields as diverse as social work, curriculum development and school data. Ark Ventures also works internationally, through the Education Partnerships Group and Global Schools Forum. 

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Ark teacher stories: "Ark Burlington Danes was the only place I wanted to teach"

Thursday 9th May 2019

Halwest Hussein teaches maths at Ark Burlington Danes Academy, the same school he attended as a student from 2006-2013. He is a graduate of King’s College, University of London.
I grew up in this community and I started going to Burlington Danes Academy as a student back in 2006, which was the same year that the school joined the Ark network. Initially, I did not enjoy going to school and it was tough for me to settle into this new environment.  

What is curriculum?

Wednesday 8th May 2019

This blog is part of a series on Ark's approach to curriculum.  In this introductory post, John Blake, Ark’s Curriculum Design Lead, starts at the beginning: how do we define curriculum?

Macro-curriculum - Student entitlement

Wednesday 8th May 2019

This blog is part of a series on Ark's approach to curriculum.  In his posts, Rich Davies, Ark's Director of Insight talks about the different types of 'macro-curriculum' - starting with 'student entitlement.'

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Apprentice Day: A ‘win-win’ for students and for Lloyds Banking Group

Wednesday 1st May 2019

Amy Brown, Project Manager, is part of a team of seven from Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), who recently attended Ark Academy’s Apprentice Day. The day was an opportunity for year 12 students from Ark to meet representatives from prominent companies offering apprenticeships. These companies then offered interviewing practice, group tasks and help completing apprenticeship applications. 
 

Cracking the culture: helping staff and pupils become champions

Tuesday 2nd April 2019

Helena Moore is the Associate Dean of Learning Design at Ambition Institute, a new graduate school which combines the mission focus of a charity, the academic rigour of a traditional university, and the essential classroom c

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"We should look within teaching for strong female role models"

Thursday 28th March 2019

Herminder K Channa FCCT JP is Principal of Ark Boulton Academy in Birmingham. She is a founding fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, and was recently appointed as Headteacher's

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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