UK schools Ark Ventures About us Our Covid-19 response Careers News Contact us Search Language Tel: 020 3116 0800 At Ark Ventures, we incubate, launch and scale initiatives that address some of the most intractable issues in education and society. We work with ventures that are mission aligned, aim to bring about systemic change, are run by exceptional people and where the prime beneficiaries are pupils, families and teachers in Ark schools or in equivalent circumstances. We are keen to hear from ventures who could benefit from our support, find out more about what makes an Ark Venture and how to get in touch. We have supported a range of ventures that tackle issues across education and society, both in the UK and across the world. All have the potential to deliver widespread system change. Current ventures Ark Ventures provides strategic and operational support to these initiatives to support them to grow into sustainable organisations. Ark Curriculum Plus, home of Mathematics Mastery and English Mastery, provides coherent curriculum programmes and integrated professional development to empower teachers to guide all students, regardless of their background, towards subject mastery. Ark Start is a pilot early years programme providing high quality, affordable childcare to families. It is designed by a group of qualified teachers, and ensures every child has a joyful, engaging and secure nursery experience. EdCity will be an innovative education hub in White City, London, where organisations with a shared mission will collaborate to improve education standards in the local community, London and beyond. The Education Partnerships Group is an international not-for-profit consultancy. EPG works with governments to help shape and strengthen their education systems – helping to give all children the chance to go to school and learn. GSF is a thriving global network, which aims to strengthen the education sector by working with non-state organisations in developing countries who are serving children from low income backgrounds. Affiliate ventures Ark Ventures provides affiliate ventures with selective and time-limited support to enable them to have a greater impact. Get Further provides catch-up tuition in English and maths to students in further education, helping them gain gateway qualifications and get further in education and work. Little Village has grown to be one of the largest ‘baby banks’ in the UK since we launched in 2016. We are like a foodbank, but for clothes, toys and equipment for babies and children. SHiFT enables children & young people to escape the destructive cycles of crime, doing whatever it takes to create sustained change and a positive future. MESME’s vision is to support students from all backgrounds to achieve mathematical excellence, so that they go on to have a greater and richer range of future personal, employment and economic choices. Ark family Former Ark ventures remain part of the Ark Family, and they continue to collaborate and share close links with Ark. Ambition Institute a graduate school for teachers, school leaders and system leaders, serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Their programmes support educators at every stage of their career to keep getting better. Assembly, a venture working to transform the way schools use data has become part of Community Brands UK Frontline is a charity with the mission to create social change for children who do not have a safe or stable home, by developing excellent social work practice and leadership. Now Teach attracts, recruits and supports experienced professionals to retrain as teachers. They are addressing the systemic shortage of teachers by creating a network of later stage career changers who are retraining. Peepul, an education non-profit, works to transform the quality of government schools and school systems so that the poorest of the poor in India have the opportunity to become strong leaders and successful citizens. STiR Education is an international NGO that currently operates in India, Uganda, Indonesia and Ethiopia, supporting education systems to enable children, teachers and officials to become intrinsically motivated lifelong learners. Contact us Privacy & Cookie Policy Diversity & Inclusion statement Facebook LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Sign up to our newsletter Ark Schools Registered in England as a company limited by guarantee number 05112090 © Absolute Return for Kids (Ark) Registered in England as a company limited by guarantee number 04589451. Registered charity no 1095322 Registered offices for Ark Schools and Ark: The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN By continuing to use this site, you consent to the use of cookies on your device. Find out more