ARK Kings Academy

Coordinates: 52°23′54″N 1°55′53″W / 52.39833°N 1.93139°W

ARK Kings Academy
Motto Aspire. Expect. Achieve.
Established 1967 (as Primrose Hill Secondary School)
Type Academy
Acting Principal Roger Punton
Chair of Governors Guy McEvoy
Location Shannon Road
Kings Norton
West Midlands
B38 9DE
England
Local authority Birmingham
DfE URN 137578 Tables
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11–16
Colours           Grey and Purple
Website ARK Kings Academy

ARK Kings Academy (formerly Primrose Hill Secondary School from 1967-1993 and Kings Norton High School from 1993-2012)[1] is a non-denominational co-educational secondary school within the English Academy programme, located in Kings Norton, Birmingham.[2]

The school is funded by the Department for Education and operated by Ark schools, a registered charity under English law and sponsored by parent charity Ark.[3]

The school re-opened as an academy in September 2012,[4] reclaiming previous staff and pupils from Kings Norton High, Primrose Hill Senior School was founded in 1967 and was renamed in 1993 as Kings Norton High School. The name change in 1993 was due to the primary school across the road, Primrose Hill Primary School, having a similar name to the high school. For safety reasons, such as in case of a fire, they changed the name to cause less confusion between the two schools.[5]

In 2010 plans were announced to merge Baverstock School and Kings Norton High School on the current site on KNHS to form and new 1000 pupils school. Although a Statement of Intent was signed by Michael Gove the Secretary of State for Education to begin the project, this was later withdrawn.[6] In September 2012, when the school reopened as an academy, they announced that the school shall be opening a sixth form in September 2017.[7]

GCSE results

The school has generally had low average percentage for 5+ GCSEs (or equivalent) A*-C incl. English & Maths in the past, with the lowest being 7% back in 2006. Since 2006 however, the average percentage has been either been going up or decreasing by 1% each year. However before the school turned to an academy in September 2012, the school had a percentage of 41% for the final year as Kings Norton High, beating the previous record of 32% in 2010. However for the first year of the academy in 2013, the school had a drop to 24% which had be the lowest in 4 years compared to 23% in 2009. This was also the lowest percentage compared to the rest of the ARK network. However in 2014 Kings achieved 46% which was their highest results percentage ever recorded.

Track record: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
5+ GCSEs (or equivalent) A*-C incl. English & Maths[8] [9][10] [11][12] 14% 21% 13% 14% 11% 16% 7% 13% 12% 23% 32% 31% 41% 24% 46%
Track record: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
National figures for pupils gaining 5+ A*-C GCSE grades [13] 49.2% 50.0% 51.6% 52.9% 53.7% 56.3% 58.5% 60.3% 65.3% 70.0% 75.4% 79.6% 81.1%

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ [http:/www.kingsnortonhigh.bham.sch.uk "Kings Norton High School history"]. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  2. ↑ "Contact Details". Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  3. ↑ "ARK charity details". Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  4. ↑ "Opening date". Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  5. ↑ [http:/www.kingsnortonhigh.bham.sch.uk "Name history"]. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  6. ↑ "Baverstock and KNHS merge". Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  7. ↑ "Vision and Values". Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  8. ↑ "GCSE results". Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "GCSE results (2004-2007)". BBC. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "GCSE results (2003-2000)". BBC. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "Results for 2012/2013". ARK Schools. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  12. ↑ "ARK KINGS ACADEMY STUDENTS CELEBRATE THEIR BEST GCSE RESULTS YET". Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "National Average for GCSE grades (5+ A*-C)". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  14. ↑ "Notable alumni - Wedderburn". Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  15. ↑ Graham Young (24 April 2009). "Singing coach Zoe Tyler's looking for talent in Birmingham". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  16. ↑ "Staff List". Retrieved 2013-05-22.