Ark Walworth Academy

Academy in London, England

Ark Walworth Academy
Address

Shorncliffe Road Walworth London , SE1 5UJ England
Information
Type	Academy
Established	2007
Local authority	Southwark
Trust	Ark Schools
Department for Education URN	135315 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Jessica West
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1023
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".^[3]

Notes and references

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

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Secondary schools	Ark All Saints Academy Ark Globe Academy Ark Walworth Academy Bacon's College The Charter School East Dulwich The Charter School North Dulwich City of London Academy Harris Academy Bermondsey Harris Academy Peckham Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich Kingsdale Foundation School Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School Sacred Heart Catholic School St Michael's Catholic College St Saviour's and St Olave's School St Thomas the Apostle College University Academy of Engineering South Bank
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