Such awful news to hear of the passing of Jamal Edwards, an old Acton student. Our heartfelt condolences to his family & friends. He was such a positive role model for our local community. He happily gave up his time to come into school & inspire our young people. A huge loss. 🕊️
Christian is going to
@UniOfSurrey
to study Aerospace Engineering after achieving an A in Mathematics, A in Physics and a B in Chemistry. All of his siblings have been or are still with us at Acton - we are so happy for the family and proud of Christian!
@ArkSchools
Great to see our ex-student Zek return to share his experiences at Oxford University as a second-year student. Here he is inspiring our current students who have an interest in Engineering
@UniofOxford
@ArkActonAcademy
@ArkSchools
Yesterday was a fantastic day celebrating the achievements of our brilliant students! Huge congratulations to Pavin (Medicine), Erryn (Psychology), Sam (Chemical Engineering) & Shad (Computer Science) who will be studying at Imperial, Kings, Edinburgh & Royal Holloway. 🎉👏🧑🎓
Two of the nicest girls you could ever meet! Congratulations to superstar cousins, Lina and Jayda, who came to the country in 2019 and have secured 15 grade 8s and 9s between them.
@ArkSchools
Tremendous performances from our students in the Debate Mate Grand Finals. We are so proud of their achievements after coming 3rd out of 100 schools across the country! Some top debating skills in action thanks to the guidance of Mr Francis, our Character Development Lead 🥉🎉🤩
We are incredibly proud of John in year 9 who has gone above and beyond for his
@FirstGiveUK
project by baking and decorating over 100 biscuits to raise awareness of
@LNKcharity
. They were delicious! In just one day, he has raised nearly £50!
@ArkSchools
Congratulations to all of our students receiving their results today. It was a delight to see them back in school! Well done to our highest achieving students. Hassnaa achieved six Grade 9s and Zak 4 Grade 9s.We look forward to welcoming back many of our students to our 6th form.
What a brilliant last week of the year we had with Sports Day, International Day and our Summer Concert. Wonderful to see our students shine! Wishing all of our families a lovely summer 🙂
Our students also access high-quality apprenticeships. Siidcali, who achieved A, B, B, is doing an apprenticeship in software engineering. Congratulations to Siidcali!
@ArkSchools
After her 1st week in year 7, it was clear that Vicky had a bright future ahead! Great work ethic, team player, intellectually curious & a wonderful singer. She is now off to read History at
@UniofOxford
. We are so proud!
Listen to her here:
@ArkSchools
Huge well done to Karolina who has achieved D*D*D* & will be studying Business Management at
@QMUL
. Mohammad, another excellent student, has achieved AAA & will be studying Medicine and Omar is off to
@ucl
to read Statistics, Economics & Finance after achieving A*AB.
@ArkSchools
Ark Acton Academy have officially been judged by Ofsted as a 'good' school. As you can see, we offer all of our students a great, well-rounded and ambitious school experience that sets them up well for university success. Read the full Ofsted report here:
We are thrilled that our hardworking and dedicated Year 13 students have achieved places at leading universities or secured high-quality apprenticeships.
Jayden is delighted to have a place at
@UniofOxford
to read PPE. Huge congratulations to Jayden!
@ArkSchools
Congratulation to our sixth form students who are celebrating a strong set of results. Many of our students will be going to universities such as Loughborough, Manchester and Exeter.
A brilliant International Day at school with so many of our students getting into the spirit! Fabulous outfits, fashion shows, singing, dancing and student presentations about their cultural identity. Thank you to Ms Briggs, Mrs Clarke and the senior prefects for organising.
On 22nd June
@ArkActonAcademy
marked the 75th anniversary of the Windrush. We also celebrated International Day where our students wore their traditional dress, shared their cultural foods and enjoyed a musical showcase. Ark Acton is truly an international community!
@ArkSchools
Huge congratulations to Stefania for a stunning set of GCSE results, including 5 grade 9s and 3 grade 8s. She has worked incredibly hard throughout her time here at Acton - we are so proud of her!
@ArkSchools
Amazing Black History Month celebration! Brilliant performances from our talented students. Fascinating insights from Birhan Dagnes about her time as a Black British long distance runner. Huge thanks to Ms Davis' mother for cooking such delicious food for us all!
@ArkSchools
We are all delighted for Kevyn who is extremely talented and hardworking! Not only has he secured a contract with
@BrentfordFC
, he's also achieved 10 GCSEs graded 7-9.
@ArkSchools
Our teachers really enjoyed their first session of Transforming Teaching run by the lovely Beth from
@ifteaching
. We are looking forward to working with you closely throughout the year.
We are very proud of our Year 13 students, some of whom are featured in today's Ealing Times. Despite the challenges they've faced in these unprecedented times, they have continued to show great perseverance. Congratulations to all!
@ArkSchools
@RupaHuq
A true gentleman, nobody works harder than Sahal. A great set of results - including grade 9s in English and Maths - we are thrilled to be welcoming him back in September!
@ArkSchools
We are so proud of our students this week. After months off school, they have quickly learnt new routines & have given 100% during student induction with their tutors. Students have already demonstrated our school values: scholarship; tenacity; ambition; transformation; empathy.
Huge congratulations to Adrina! A fantastic set of results across the board - all GCSEs awarded 7-9. A real testament to the amount of effort this hard-working student put into her studies.
@ArkSchools
As well as representing our school as a super talented footballer, Jonathan now has a clean sweep of 7s-9s in his GCSEs today. We are absolutely delighted for him!
@ArkSchools
We are so proud of Leshae for delivering such an impressive and thoughtful speech to become runner up up at this year's Ealing 'Speak Out' Digital Final! 👏 👏👏
@JPFoundation
Listen to Leshae's speech entitled 'A Second Chance':
It's been a fantastic morning here at school! We are so proud of all our 6th form students who have worked so hard and are ready to begin their next chapter!
@ArkSchools
An incredible set of results from our all-rounder Maddie, including six grade 8s and three grade 9s in Biology, Maths and Religious Education.
@ArkSchools
A brilliant set of GCSE results from Theashigan who has secured grade 9s in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths - a tremendous achievement!
@ArkSchools
Seven of our BTEC Business students are off to
@QMUL
. They are a great example of our successful BTEC programme. Special shout out to Ayman (last on the right) who has achieved Distinction*, Distinction*, Distinction* and will be studying Accounting and Management.
@ArkSchools
We've had a brilliant first day with our year 7s! Great to welcome new families and see so many excited and happy students. We were especially excited to host children's author, Jamila Gavin, who explored the writing process and the power of imagination.
@ArkSchools
@RupaHuq
We were delighted to see so many happy yr11 faces enrolling for 6th form! Huge shout out to Jayden who is not only an exceptional pianist but also achieved nine GCSEs at grades 8 & 9. A tremendous set of results! He is returning to study Physics, Maths & Economics.
@ArkSchools
Our Sixth Form secures progress that places us in the top 1% of all sixth forms nationally.
Sixth Form applications for September 2022 are now open.
Please submit your application by Friday 7th January 2022.
We are absolutely delighted that so many of our students are continuing their studies with us in September - lots of smiling faces this morning! In particular, we congratulate Theepika (8 9s & 3 8s), Mohammad (7 9s & 3 8s) and Adnan (7 9s & 2 8s) 🎉👏🧑🎓
@ArkSchools
We are delighted for Julie, who is off to
@UniOfSurrey
to study Automotive Engineering, and Theepika, who will read Economics at
@UniofBath
. Congratulations to two of our extremely hardworking students!
@ArkSchools
Elbow bumping replacing the usual hugs as we say goodbye to our tremendously talented year 11s! All of us here wish you the very best in the next stage of your academic life. Keep working hard and we look forward to welcoming many of you back to 6th form 😀🏆🥇
For those families wanting to know more about the great things happening at Ark Acton, check out our welcome video! We look forward to speaking to year 6 families - please email to make an appointment to speak with the senior team.
Congratulations and a HUGE well done to our dancer Mr M for winning 3 GOLD medals at the UK Street Dance Championships 🥇🔥 Former
@berrymedeschool
and current
@ArkActonAcademy
student. If Elevate Arts done football this would be a hat-trick 😅
@babet1982
We are excited to launch our teaching and learning blog capturing the work of of our dedicated teachers who are putting into practice what they have been learning on the Transforming Teaching programme, delivered by the Institute for Teaching.
Well done to our fantastic students who have embodied our school values this week, demonstrating their positive STATE of mind through their scholarship, tenacity, ambition, transformation & empathy. A well deserved hot chocolate treat with our new Vice Principal, Ms Jacobs!
Our year 12 Government and Politics students and Ms Cartwright were delighted to meet Johnson Beharry, who was awarded the Victoria Cross medal by the Queen, at 10 Downing Street today as part of celebrations for Armed Forces Day tomorrow.
@ArkSchools
A fantastic final week of the school year showcasing our talented students! Congratulations to Brown House for winning Sports Day 🏆 and to all the cast in our production of Anything Goes 🎶 🎭
@ArkSchools
Massive congratulations to the Ark Acton Academy debate team for competing in their final competition of the season. The team spent the day proudly representing the school in the Debate Mate final and placed in the top 10 schools across London on Thursday!
Unbelievably proud of our year 10s on day 1 of their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh expedition battling with this heat🥵. Exhausted but still smiling! Let's hope they get all the tents up soon so they can get a good night's sleep before a 6am start tomorrow 😆
We loved hosting
@Ambition_Inst
new cohort studying on the Teacher Education Fellowship! What a great day discussing all things professional development!
Ms Briggs sharing what we do here at Acton with our compulsory co-curricular programme. We are passionate about all of our students having equal opportunities to participate in a range of activities to develop their character.
Just one hour to go until we kick off
#ArkTalks
: 'The extended curriculum: enabling children to thrive in school and beyond' with
@Samfr
,
@BriggsNickael
,
@Steven_Berryman
and Prof Geoff Thompson. There's still time to register & join the conversation:
Students and staff at Ark Acton gathered on 10/11/23 to mark Remembrance Day and pay tribute to the soldiers who have lost their lives in service to their country. They were joined by residents from the local Acton Care Centre along with students and alumni from the 202 regiment.
Year 7s enjoyed their 1st session of Debate Box, where they are learning the importance of strategy and being able to think on your feet when debating and boxing! Great fun!
@ArkSchools
@Debate_Mate
@LdnSportsTrust
A lovely evening last night for our annual Year 7 Matriculation. Thank you to all the families who came along to meet our Head of Year 7, Mr Tomlin, and our tutor team - Mr Montebello, Ms Russell and Ms Grace. Congratulations to our year 7s for making an excellent start at Acton.
Our Year 7s headed to the Kingswood Residential and Outdoor Activity Centre last week to engage in a range of activities including rafting and canoeing, trying the zipwire, abseiling and lots more. Thanks to
@Kingswood_
for providing a great experience for our students.
Thank you to everyone who came last night to Open Evening - it was great to meet you all! We are very proud of all our students who were helping out departments or being tour guides.
Our talented students battled against each other tonight at our Oracy Showcase feat. students from yr7 through to 6th form. Mock trial followed by debating the hot topic of the moment. Congratulations to Rashford House on their victory and well done to all involved!
@debate_mate
Year 7 students have been enjoying their library induction where they've been finding out about the books from this year's Book Trust Bookbuzz!
@Booktrust
Year 10s are getting stuck into our new period 7 co-curricular programme with this half term's focus being sport and fitness. Thanks to the London Sports Trust for running football and netball as well as our teachers doing HIIT, gym workouts and table tennis!
@ArkSchools
@RupaHuq
Our football team is so excited to be back outside playing fixtures once again! Stiff competition from Twyford but we are delighted with our 1-0 win. Congratulations to our fantastic students and our new head of PE, Mr Miller!
It was wonderful to host you all in person. Thank you for your positive feedback, which I'll be sharing with staff and students on Monday. Very proud of our staff and brilliant young people.
What an amazing academy! 👏 Thank you to everyone
@ArkActonAcademy
for hosting me and the other
@Ambition_Inst
Teacher Education Fellows today. The education you provide your students is exceptional. As is the the PD offer for your teachers to deliver that exceptional education!
We really enjoyed hosting students from
@ArkPriory
last week who came over to experience secondary school Science practicals. Thank you to Ms Mohammed for a great day!
Our Spark & Fusion scholars continued to impress earlier this term at
@ArkSchools
rehearsals for the Barbican Gala. Then last week, our One Voice scholars travelled to Cecil Sharp House for rehearsals, learning 3 new songs in 4 languages as well as composing their own pieces!
@ArkActonAcademy
students performed at the Ark Music Barbican Gala last week not only as part of the Spark and Fusion ensembles, but also as one of the solo spotlight acts!
@ArkSchools
@BarbicanCentre
Thank you to all the families who came yesterday to our Open Evening. It was wonderful to hear so many of you comment on how impressed you were with our students. We are very proud of them! Please book to come along and see us in action on Friday mornings.
Our year 7s have made an excellent start to secondary school! We were delighted to see so many parents attend our Year 7 Matriculation evening where students found out what house they belong to and received their house tie from the Head of Houses.
We're getting into the festive spirit here at Ark Acton. 🎅🎄🎶 Thank you to Ms Johnstone and Ms Grace as well as all the brave teachers who participated in our Teacher Winter Concert - Mariah Carey has some stiff competition! The students had a blast!
Year 12 students spent two days exploring
@UniofBath
; attending lectures, meeting current and ex students and staying in student accommodation. This trip was an opportunity to experience a day at university and what moving away from home could be like post-6th Form.
Acton Community we need you- join our Sports Day Challenge and help 'Acton Across Antarctica- 3000km' for more information visit all donations of steps and/or funds greatly appreciated!
#ActonAcrossAntractica
#ActonSportsDayChallenge
International Day is always a highlight of the school year! Once again, our students came in a range of amazing outfits to celebrate their cultural heritage. This year was particularly special as we took part in
@ArkSchools
celebration of the 75th anniversary of Windrush.