This page hosts recent news and will provide information to parents and friends of the academy as our plans develop for the year ahead.
1 April 2010 - KSA's production of Macbeth a resounding success
The performances of Macbeth by the King Solmon Academy Players on March 30th and 31st were very favourably received by all, and thanks go out to all of those who helped to make it possible. A DVD of the performance will be available for purchase on April 19th; view the trailer below to whet your appetite!
14 December 2009 - OFSTED RATES KING SOLOMON ACADEMY AS OUTSTANDING
This week King Solomon Academy achieved an outstanding rating from Ofsted for the whole academy (primary and secondary). This is a truly remarkable achievement for an academy that opened just two years ago and we are proud of all our staff, pupils, parents, governors and friends who have made this possible.
Inspectors commented that "King Solomon Academy is an outstanding and unique 21st century school". Among many other points Ofsted praised KSA's creation and inspiration of "a community of enthusiastic learners, who are passionate about achieving academic excellence", and our visionary goals and high aspirations.
You can read the full press release here and newspaper coverage by the Ham and High here.
7 December 2009 - David Cameron vists King Solomon Academy
Pupils from year 2 and year 7 join Mr Cameron and head teachers Max Haimendorf and Venessa Willms
On Monday 7 December 2009 Conservative Party leader David Cameron visited King Solomon Academy. He met the headteachers and pupils from the primary and the secondary schools and asked them about the academy and told them he was very impressed with everything he’d seen and heard.
Commenting on what he’d seen, Mr Cameron said:
"I am delighted to be here at the King Solomon Academy - part of the ARK family of schools that have done so much to enhance the achievement of children in London. 
"I really admire all the hard work that Vanessa Willms and Max Haimendorf have put into making this school such a shining example. The success of King Solomon is testament to the school’s dedicated leadership, teachers and sponsors; and I am very pleased to be able to see the school in action and to meet the teachers and children who are working so hard."
David Cameron doing Q and A with pupils from year 7 and year 2 at King Solomon
July 2009 - Max Haimendorf interviewed by The Economist magazine on how schools can help pupils succeed
'If a child is with us from the age of three, we have an absolute responsibility for their outcomes at the age of 18'.
So says Max Haimendorf, King Solomon Academy's secondary school headteacher, in an interview with the Economist magazine in July 2009.
Mr Haimendorf argues that small schools and all-through schools can help students succeed and help teachers do a better job.
You can listen to the interview by clicking here:
