Ark All Saints Academy

We aim for all scholars to leave Ark All Saints Academy equipped with the skills necessary for success at university or to pursue a career of their choice. There are no excuses; we wish nothing less for our scholars than we would for our own children.

At Ark All Saints Academy we believe that the parents are the experts in their child’s life and we want to work with them in order for our children to be successful.

Ark All Saints Academy opened in September 2013 welcoming its first cohort of scholars. Our academy offers excellent opportunities for local children and we moved into our wonderful new building in January 2014.

Our values and ethos are based in Christian principles and whilst we welcome people of all faith and none, we expect all scholars to respect each other's faith.

We are aiming high – we will relentlessly pursue academic excellence for all children. Our teaching and academic intervention groups are named after leading universities as a reminder to all of our aims. We want to ensure that all scholars have mastery over key skills in literacy and numeracy to ensure their success in higher years.

Our vision is for all members of our All Saints family to be confident, responsible, successful and to live with integrity. This will enable our scholars to be well prepared for the next phase of their life whether that is to university or in pursuing the career of their choice.

We welcome scholars of all faiths to our Church of England academy where our guiding principles are based on Christian values. We treat every scholar as an individual and we work with them and their families to develop and nurture their talents. We wish nothing less for our scholars than we would for our own families. We make no excuses.

Our 4 Valuse

• CONFIDENCE
• RESPONSIBILITY
• INTEGRITY
• SUCCESS

Ark All Saints Academy specialises in Mathematics and all Year 7 and 8 scholars follow the Mathematics Mastery programme. At KS3 there is a strong emphasis on the teaching of core subjects, every scholar in the school, regardless of age or ability gets at least one lesson of Maths, English and Science every day. If scholars are behind in these subjects we will give them extra time and support so that they can catch up and keep up.

To be successful at school, in higher education and in the workplace, well-honed literacy skills are vital, so scholars are given 30 minutes of guided reading sessions four times a week. Scholars who have specific weaknesses in their reading follow the Read, Write Inc. programme from Ruth Miskin Literacy. They are taught in small groups by trained staff for an additional four hours a week. Additionally, in Year 7 scholars have six lessons of English each week.

The specific emphases of the academic curriculum are: Developing scholar mastery of skills, knowledge and understanding from KS3 which are required for A-Level success. The curriculum is designed back from the intended end point – enabling scholars to reach university. At least one session of English and one session of Mathematics every day for every scholar. Daily reading and timetables practice of 30 minutes for all scholars in Years 7, 8 and 9. RE will be mandatory for all scholars in all years – This will include aspects of citizenship and SMSC.

We believe that everyone has a talent. At Ark All Saints Academy we aim to find that talent and to support the scholar in developing it. We have a programme that enhances each of the talents we find. Once ‘discovered’ we will reward and celebrate based on the way that talent enhances our community.

Ark All Saints Academy uses the Gatsby Benchmarks as a guide to plan our Pathways and Enrichment programme. As part of our commitment to informing our scholars of the full range of learning and training pathways on offer to them, we are happy to consider requests from training, apprenticeship and vocational education providers to speak to scholars.