Training provider

ARK SCHOOLS

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Apprentice reviews

Excellent (16 reviews)

Apprentice review details

Communication
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Communicating clearly with you	88%	12%
Ensuring you understand the requirements of your end-point assessment	88%	12%

Organisation
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Organising well-structured training	94%	6%
Providing accessible training resources	88%	12%
Balancing online learning with classroom-based training to suit your apprenticeship	94%	6%
Taking into account your previous learning	88%	12%
Giving you relevant training that helps you perform your job better	94%	6%
Providing Off The Job training that takes up at least 20% of your total apprenticeship time	94%	6%

Support
Statement	Percentage of apprentices that agreed with this statement	Percentage of apprentices that disagreed with this statement
Helping you learn new skills and develop existing ones	94%	6%
Supporting you and your apprenticeship	94%	6%
Resolving any issues you have	94%	6%
Preparing you for success in your future career	88%	12%

Provider overview

Ark Teacher Training offers a Postgraduate Teacher apprenticeship (Level 6) to prospective teachers looking to specialise in a range of subjects, including English, maths and primary. We also offer the apprenticeship to those looking to train in a specialist provision.

We offer our apprenticeship in collaboration with Ark schools, which are situated in Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth, but also with a range of mission-aligned partner schools, taking our reach to a national scale.

We have offered our apprenticeship since 2021, with 124 apprentices in academic year 2023-24 – the third consecutive year in which we have had growth in our cohort size. Our Initial Teacher Education was recognised by Ofsted as outstanding in March 2022.

Apprenticeship training course

Teacher (level 6)

94% achievement rate (out of 40 apprentices)

64% national achievement rate

Explain achievement rate

The percentage of apprentices who successfully achieved their apprenticeship when trained by this provider on a course in this subject area. This rate uses data from the 2022 to 2023 academic year.