Ark Walworth Academy (formerly Walworth School, Walworth Central School, Mina Road School and Mina Road Higher Grade School) is a
co-educational
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comprehensive secondary school
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and
sixth form
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located in the
Walworth
Walworth ( ) is a district of South London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. It adjoins Camberwell to the south and Elephant and Castle to the north, and is south-east of Charing Cross.
Major streets in Walworth include the ...
area of
London
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, England.
History
The school has its origins in Mina Road School which opened during the late Victorian era. Pupils included
Albert Edward McKenzie
Albert Edward McKenzie Victoria Cross, VC (23 October 1898 – 3 November 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingd ...
who won the Victoria Cross.
Walworth School was established in 1946 as an 'experimental' or 'interim' comprehensive school.
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 Chaplin may refer to:
People
* Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977), English comedy film actor and director
* Chaplin (name), other people named Chaplin
Films
* ''Unknown Chaplin'' (1983)
* Chaplin (film), ''Chaplin'' (film) (1992)
* Chaplin (2011 fi ...
,
Babbage and
Seacole. The Chaplin and Babbage blocks are two separate halves of
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3 (commonly abbreviated as KS3) is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14. In Northern Ireland the ...
.
Key Stage 4
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is known as Seacole.
The Ofsted report of July 2010 rated it as "Good, with outstanding capacity to improve".
See also
*
Southwark Schools' Learning Partnership
The Southwark School's Learning Partnership is a collaboration of ten schools — seven state and three independent — based in Southwark, a borough of south London, England. The partnership was founded in 2003.
The aims of the partners ...
Notes and references
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Academies in the London Borough of Southwark
Secondary schools in the London Borough of Southwark
Ark schools