King Solomon Academy is a non-selective, non-denominational, mixed all-through school within the English

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programme, located in

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. It occupies the site of the former

Rutherford School Rutherford School is an independent special school for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) aged 3–19 that aims to provide inclusive education to learners whose very special needs are compounded by a high degree of ...

History

The Rutherford School was built from 1958 to 1960, designed by the architect

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, and is a

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building. The primary school opened in September 2007, and the secondary school opened in September 2009. The school is an all-through school with pupils raging in age from 3 to 18, with the primary school feeding directly into the secondary. It has sixty pupils in each year. The school is partly modelled on the

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program, which originated in the US. In December 2008, Ofsted conducted a monitoring visit and rated the academy as 'outstanding'. In December 2009, Ofsted conducted a full inspection and rated the school outstanding. The school is funded by the

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but is operated by Ark schools, a

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under English law, and sponsored by parent charity

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. The current headmaster of the secondary school is Max Haimendorf, a graduate of St. Hugh's College, Oxford, who was amongst the first cohort of the

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programme. In 2015, the school was rated as the best non-selective secondary school in England according to the Department for Education's

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league tables.

References

External links

King Solomon Academy website

Ark schools website

Absolute Return for Kids website
{{Authority control Academies in the City of Westminster Educational institutions established in 2007 Primary schools in the City of Westminster Secondary schools in the City of Westminster Ark schools Grade II* listed buildings in the City of Westminster 2007 establishments in England

History

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