Ark Walworth Academy

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Ark Walworth Academy
Address
Ark Walworth Academy
Shorncliffe Road


,
SE1 5UJ

Information
Type Academy
Established2007
Local authority Southwark
Trust Ark Schools
Department for Education URN 135315 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalJessica West
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1023
Website http://www.walworthacademy.org

Ark Walworth Academy (formerly Walworth School, Walworth Central School, Mina Road School and Mina Road Higher Grade School) is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school and sixth form located in the Walworth area of London, England.

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History

The school has its origins in Mina Road School which opened during the late Victorian era. Pupils included Albert Edward McKenzie who won the Victoria Cross.

Walworth School was established in 1946 as an ‘experimental’ or ‘interim’ comprehensive school. [1]

Academy

The school converted to an Ark academy for the 2007-08 academic year.

This school is split up into three sections named after notable local figures: Chaplin, Babbage and Seacole. The Chaplin and Babbage blocks are two separate halves of Key Stage 3. Key Stage 4 is known as Seacole. [2]

The Ofsted report of July 2010 rated it as "Good, with outstanding capacity to improve". [3]

See also

Notes and references

  1. Pete Medway, http://petemedway.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/walworth-school-mina-road-school.html
  2. "ARK Schools - Open Academies". ARK Schools. 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  3. Ofsted details for unique reference number 135315

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