St Mark's Academy

St Mark's Church of England Academy
Motto A community founded on love, hope and trust.
Type Academy
Religion Church of England
Principal Lisa Peterkin
Senior Vice Principal Austin Sheppard & Hannah Fahey
Vice Principal

Dionne Jude Debbie Wiles Lucy Brown

Laurence Hampton
School Sponsor CfBT Schools Trust
Location Acacia Road
Mitcham
Greater London
CR4 1SF
England
51°24′28″N 0°09′07″W / 51.40764°N 0.15193°W / 51.40764; -0.15193Coordinates: 51°24′28″N 0°09′07″W / 51.40764°N 0.15193°W / 51.40764; -0.15193
DfE URN 134003 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Website www.stmarksacademy.com

St Mark's Academy is a mixed Church of England secondary school and sixth form located in the Eastfields area of the London Borough of Merton, England.[1]

It was first established in 1960 as Eastfields High School for boys. The school became coeducational in 2002 and was renamed Mitcham Vale School. In 2006 the school was converted to academy status and was renamed St Mark's Academy. The academy is sponsored by the CfBT Education Trust and the Anglican Diocese of Southwark.[2]

St Mark's Academy offers GCSEs, BTECs and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils,[3] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from range of A Levels and additional BTECs.[4] The school specialises in science and the performing arts, and has dedicated resources to support the specialisms.[5]

The School has recently (October 2014) been awarded the prestigious International Values Quality Mark in recognition of its values-based ethos and character.

The academy's most famous former pupils include David Omoregie, a London grime and rap artist who performs under the name 'Dave' who is famous for his duet with the US artist Drake, Charlene Connors, star of My Big Fat Gypsy wedding, a reality tv docu-series which aired on Channel 4 in 2015, Samuel McCarthy the visual and audio artist known under the mononym 'Samnesia', Jake Wills-Bennett the DJ also known as 'J Bandz' and Connor Anderson known as the bassist in the Lo-Fi independent rock band 'Meal Deals'.

References

  1. ↑ "St Mark's Academy". Stmarksacademy.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  2. ↑ "St Mark's Academy - Sponsors". Stmarksacademy.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  3. ↑ "St Mark's Academy - Curriculum". Stmarksacademy.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  4. ↑ "St Mark's Academy - Sixth form". Stmarksacademy.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  5. ↑ "St Mark's Academy - Specialisms". Stmarksacademy.com. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
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