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Ofsted Rates ARK’s First All-Through Academy, King Solomon Academy “Outstanding” on Full Inspection

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:50:09 +0000

King Solomon Academy in Westminster has achieved an “Outstanding” Ofsted grading just two years after the academy opened. Ofsted inspectors called the school “an outstanding and unique 21st century school” following a very detailed inspection. Among many other observations Ofsted praised KSA’s creation and inspiration of “a community of enthusiastic learners, who are passionate about achieving academic excellence”, its visionary goals and high aspirations. Throughout their report they emphasised how impressed they are with every aspect of the school.

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ARK (Absolute Return For Kids) Announces New Chairman

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:03 +0000

The children’s charity, ARK, (Absolute Return for Kids) announced today that Stanley Fink is to become chairman of the ARK trustees, taking over from founding chairman, Arpad Busson who has held the post for the seven years since the charity launched. Mr Busson will remain a member of the Board as founding chairman, and chairman of ARK US.

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ARK Gala raises £15.6m for new programmes in health, child welfare and education

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:48:13 +0000

ARK announced that its eighth annual gala dinner, held on Thursday 4 June at Waterloo International in London, had raised a total of £15.6 million as more than 800 guests pledged their support.

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“Walworth Academy is making good progress” says Ofsted

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:34:27 +0000

Ofsted school inspectors have judged that Walworth Academy is “making good progress towards raising standards” in their first monitoring visit to the academy.

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The First Future Leaders Graduate is Appointed as a Head Teacher

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:24:16 +0000

The first Future Leaders participant has been appointed as a head teacher in a challenging inner-city secondary school within two-and-a-half years of joining. Andrew Day, part of the inaugural cohort of the Future Leaders programme (2006), has been appointed the Principal of Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy in Lewisham, South London, commencing his leadership from this Autumn term.

This marks a major milestone in the success of the programme, launched by ARK, with the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) and the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT). Future Leaders’ mission is to develop the next generation of head teachers for challenging urban schools, giving all children access to a high quality education, regardless of their background.

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Ofsted rates ARK’s King Solomon Academy Primary School as ‘Outstanding’

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:31:58 +0000

King Solomon Academy Primary School in Westminster is one of six ARK academies in the UK. It opened in September 2007 with 22 pupils in two reception classes and will grow every year until it becomes an all through school from primary to sixth form. The school currently has 101 pupils.

Ofsted recently conducted its first monitoring visit to King Solomon Academy. Inspectors said: “The academy has made outstanding progress towards raising standards.”

They added that: “Pupils enjoy attending the academy. … they join in all activities and …. they work hard in lessons, persevere with difficult tasks and cooperate well. These strengths lead to the high standards they achieve. ….Pupils’ behaviour is excellent, reflecting the academy’s high expectations of work and behaviour.”

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ARK Now Has Six Academies Open In London

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:21:34 +0000

ARK has opened three new academies in Brixton, Wembley and Elephant and Castle. Globe Academy is an all through academy for 3-18 year olds replacing the previous primary and secondary school on the site. Evelyn Grace Academy is a new secondary academy - the first in Brixton – which admitted its first 180 Year 7 pupils in September. Ark Academy in Wembley will be an all through academy for 3-18 year olds. It opened its primary school with its first 60 reception pupils. Between them the three schools will provide places for some 4,600 pupils when fully subscribed.

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Current Vacancies at ARK

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:26:35 +0000

ARK’s mission is to transform the lives of children and strives to employ individuals who are committed, hard working and passionate about what they do. If you would like to work with ARK, then please email your CV to us at jobs@arkonline.org.

ARK currently have the following vacancies:

ARK Internships

ARK is seeking interns to drive projects and research as a leading member of an internal team, working across a broad range of sectors. These themes include economic development (e.g. stimulating small business growth), education (leadership development and schools), children in care and treatment of HIV.

All intern positions will be based in London.

More details on the role and how to apply can be obtained here

ARK’s Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Programme Exceeds Target Set for 2010

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:50:41 +0000

Launched in December 2003, ARK’s ART programme provides lifesaving treatment and care to HIV+ primary caregivers, their partners and children in South Africa. The programme target was to enrol 32,681 such patients onto antiretroviral therapy (ART) by 2010. By the end of June this year, a full 21 months ahead of schedule, ARK had exceeded this target reaching 32,963 ‘ARK patients’ (caregivers and children) as well as a further 15,976 patients without children. To date ARK’s ART programme has benefited over 64,000 children preventing them from being orphaned by keeping their HIV+ parents and caregivers alive, and by treating them for the virus themselves.