Ark Walworth Academy

Summary

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.

Ark Walworth Academy
Address
Map
Shorncliffe Road


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SE1 5UJ

Information
TypeAcademy
Established2007
Local authoritySouthwark
TrustArk Schools
Department for Education URN135315 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalJessica West
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1023
Websitehttp://www.walworthacademy.org

History edit

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 edit

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 edit

Notes and references edit

  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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