Ark Walworth Academy Explained

Ark Walworth Academy
Established:2007
Type:Academy
Trust:Ark Schools
Head Label:Principal
Head:Jessica West
Address:Shorncliffe Road
Location:Walworth
City:London
Country:England
Postcode:SE1 5UJ
Local Authority:Southwark
Ofsted:yes
Dfeno:210/6909
Urn:135315
Enrolment:1023
Gender:Co-educational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Website:http://www.walworthacademy.org

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

History

The school has its origins in Mina Road School which opened during the 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".

See also

Notes and references

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Notes and References

  1. Pete Medway, http://petemedway.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/walworth-school-mina-road-school.html
  2. Web site: ARK Schools - Open Academies . ARK Schools . 2010 . 2010-08-22.