Ark is an education charity created to ensure that all children, regardless of their background, have access to education and real choices in life.

Ark believes that with the right approach, every school has the potential to succeed – even those in the most challenging circumstances. From working with just one school, Ark has since grown into a network of 39 schools in the UK – and is now recognised as one of the highest achieving academy groups in the country.

Ark works in the communities where they can make the biggest difference to children’s lives, and all chosen schools are non-selective.

Ark aims to change the lives of children everywhere, not just in selected own schools. They create and incubate ventures designed to improve the UK education system. These ventures tackle some of the most pressing problems facing children such as poor numeracy, inadequate support for dyslexic pupils, and the lack of quality social workers.

Ark promotes change through hard work, high expectations and evidence-driven approaches. For example, in the UK, a new venture that promotes a structured approach to teacher training and professional development is helping to embed outstanding teaching in our schools– for trainee teachers right through to executive headteachers. Further programmes such as the Ambition Institute and Mathematics Mastery are now training teachers and school leaders in hundreds of schools across the UK.

Working in partnership has also allowed Ark to extend their impact to other countries using initiatives designed to improve entire education systems. Through Ark’s Education Partnerships Group, governments and education organisations work together to create better schools. In India and Uganda, this involves implementing new ways of tracking and improving school quality and student performance. In Kenya and South Africa, a low-cost school information system is being developed to drive student progress through better use of data.

To learn more about the exciting new initiatives promoted by Ark, make assure to visit their website.