Ark St Alban's Academy
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| address = Conybere Street
| location = Highgate
| city = Birmingham
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| postcode = B12 0YH
| county = West Midlands
| country = England
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| local_authority = Birmingham
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| gender = Mixed
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
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Ark St Alban's Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Highgate area of Birmingham, West Midlands, England.{{cite web|url=http://arkstalbans.org/|title=Ark St Alban’s Academy|publisher=Ark St Alban’s Academy}}
Previously administered by Birmingham City Council, the school converted to academy status on 1 September 2009. Ark St Alban's Academy is sponsored by Ark{{cite web|url=http://arkonline.org/academy/ark-st-albans-academy|title=Ark St Alban's Academy|publisher=Ark}} and the Church of England Diocese of Birmingham. The school also maintains links with the Parish of St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham.{{cite web|url=http://arkstalbans.org/about-us/church-england-guarantee|title=Church of England Guarantee|publisher=Ark St Alban’s Academy}}
Ark St Alban's Academy offers GCSEs and Cambridge Nationals as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form (which opened in 2013) have the option to study from a range of A-levels. The school also has specialisms in mathematics and engineering.
History
The original school was founded in 1871 by brothers, James and Thomas Pollock, Christian missionaries in the Anglo-Catholic tradition from the Isle of Man.{{Cite web|url=http://arkstalbans.org/vision-and-values|title=The Ark St Alban’s Academy Church of England Mission|website=arkstalbans.org|language=en|access-date=9 April 2022}}{{cite web |title=Founding Fathers |url=http://www.saintalban.co.uk/history/pollocks/ |website=www.saintalban.co.uk |publisher=St. Alban's PCC |access-date=9 April 2022}} The new school opened in 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://arkonline.org/academy/ark-st-albans-academy|title=Ark St Alban's Academy |website=arkonline.org|language=en|access-date=2018-11-06}}
References
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External links
- [http://arkstalbans.org/ Ark St Alban's Academy official website]
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Category:Secondary schools in Birmingham, West Midlands
Category:Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Birmingham
Category:Academies in Birmingham, West Midlands
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