Ark King Solomon Academy

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King Solomon Academy
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Address
Ark King Solomon Academy
Penfold Street

London
,
NW1 6RX

England
Coordinates 51°31′19″N0°10′08″W / 51.521922°N 0.168829°W / 51.521922; -0.168829
Information
Type Academy
Established2007 [1]
Local authority Westminster
Department for Education URN 135242 Tables
Ofsted Reports
ChairRon Beller
HeadteacherMax Haimendorf (Primary and Secondary)
Gender Mixed
Age3to 18
Website www.kingsolomonacademy.org

King Solomon Academy is a non-selective, non-denominational, mixed all-through school within the national academy programme, located in Lisson Grove, in the City of Westminster. It occupies the site of the former Rutherford School.

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History

The Rutherford School was built from 1958 to 1960, designed by the architect Leonard Manasseh, and is a Grade II* listed building. [2]

The primary school opened in September 2007, and the secondary school opened in September 2009. The school is an all-through school with pupils raging in age from 3 to 18, with the primary school feeding directly into the secondary. It has sixty pupils in each year. The school is partly modelled on the KIPP program, which originated in the US.

In December 2008, Ofsted conducted a monitoring visit and rated the academy as 'outstanding'. [3] In December 2009, Ofsted conducted a full inspection and rated the school outstanding.[ citation needed ]

The school is funded by the Department for Education but is operated by Ark schools, a registered charity under English law, [4] and sponsored by parent charity Ark. [5]

The current headmaster of the secondary school is Max Haimendorf, a graduate of St. Hugh's College, Oxford, who was amongst the first cohort of the Teach First programme. [6]

In 2015, the school was rated as the best non-selective secondary school in England according to the Department for Education's GCSE league tables. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "About King Solomon Academy". Archived from the original on 31 July 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Marylebone Lower House North Westminster Community School (1119735)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "King Solomon Academy – Ofsted" . Retrieved 12 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Ark Schools, registered charity no. 1111608". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  5. ↑ "Ark, registered charity no. 1095322". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  6. ↑ Moorhead, Joanna (29 March 2010). "The youngest headteacher in the country" . Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "King Solomon Academy rated as best school in the country – Ark" . Retrieved 7 June 2016.
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