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Ark Blake Academy

Welcome to Ark Blake Academy and thank you for your interest in our school. We are a growing and successful academy based in East Croydon that opened in September 2020. We are consistently oversubscribed in every year group and currently have students in Years 7 – 10.

At Ark Blake Academy, we believe that each of our pupils is born with unique potential for greatness and can take responsibility to achieve this. Our mission for the school is to embed a powerful knowledge-rich curriculum and provide fantastic opportunities for character development, all underpinned by an environment where exemplary behaviour is the norm. In terms of our school culture, it is based around the simple but powerful belief of ‘working hard, being kind and taking responsibility’.

We have wonderful state of the art building that was built in Summer 2020 which means that students are able to flourish in a first-class educational environment. We enjoy welcoming visitors to our impressive facilities and invite you to join us.

About our school experience

Details

We would love for you to join us to learn more about Ark Blake Academy and Ark Teacher Training. The day will include:

- A Tour of school
- An insight session into our teacher training programme by one our recruitment team
- Various lesson observation across year groups, with the chance to discuss afterwards
- Q & A with a current Ark Teacher Training trainee or ECT
- When possible, meet a teacher in your subject area
- A day to have your questions answered!

Start and finish times
09.00am to 13.00pm - Flexible

Please contact Alex on the Ark Teacher Training recruitment team if you cannot attend the whole time in school. You will observe a variety of sessions throughout the day so we encourage everyone to attend for the whole day where possible.

Dress code

Business dress

Teacher training

Ark Teacher Training (ATT) is a school-based programme offering the perfect mixture of theory and classroom practice to develop you into the best teacher you can be. Because we believe that every child, regardless of their background, deserves to have access to a great education, we work mainly in communities of lower income with a history of academic underachievement. We are very proud to have just received our second ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted in all categories! There are only a few ITTs in the UK that can say the same

Find out more about our teacher training

Links to more information about our school

Entry requirements

You must:

    • Must not have been accepted onto another teacher training course
    • Must have a degree
    • Photo identification: Photo identification: Passport or Driving licence
    • Have graduated by August 2024 and have the right to live/work in the UK already in place until at least July 2026.
DBS check required

No, candidates will be accompanied at all times.

Placement dates

There are no upcoming dates

Location

Address
6 Morland Road, Croydon, CR0 6NA
Map showing Ark Blake Academy
Parking

Not available on site

Parking is very limited so please look at public transport where possible.

Disability and access details

We offer facilities and provide an inclusive environment for students, staff and school experience candidates with disability and access needs. We're happy to discuss your disability or access needs before or as part of your school experience request.

Disability confident logo
Address
6 Morland Road, Croydon, CR0 6NA
School phases
Secondary (11 to 16), 16 to 18
DBS check required

No, candidates will be accompanied at all times.

Disability access

Disability Confident

Subjects
  • Biology
  • Business studies
  • Chemistry
  • Computing
  • English
  • French
  • Geography
  • History
  • Maths
  • Music
  • Physics
  • Religious education
  • Spanish