Phoenix Academy‘Where have all the students gone?’

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Martin Luther University of Wurttemberg

"I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labour in

explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth".

Martin Luther, 1483 to 1546 Württemberg Eisenach, Germany

A quote from Neisha Padmore who left in 2010 and went onto study at

Kingston University

" No I am not finding University a pressure. The only thing I have to remember is to spell

using English spelling and not American, but of course I can do both. Oh, and the other thing is, I really didn't appreciate being pushed at school by the teachers to finish my PACE’s.

Now I’m at university I understand and appreciate what you all did.

Thank You."

A quote from a student who left with a ‘General Certificate’, and went onto college

in 2010“ What is funny is how the other students at college don’t seem to be able to complete work on time. I

have just handed in one of my first essays. The lecturer asked for 1,000 words. I was about 400

words over so I went to him and asked how critical is the word count?”

“Oh” he replied, “I only ask for 1,000 as most of the students cannot get anywhere near that number, I

am happy with anything up to 2000"

"I wish the accounts course I completed at Phoenix Academy had been as easy as the accounts course I am now doing as part of my degree.

After completing my Intermediate Certificate I was able to go to Canterbury University. There I managed to gain great experience by being very involved in university life. I managed to work while there, in different departments of the university. My job as an English teacher was the one that has opened many doors and opportunities for me. I am now proceeding to Japan to work there. This is a graduate position I have received. I graduated from Canterbury Christ Church University with a 2.1 degree in Business Management as well as achieving an award known as the Christ Church ‘extra award’ which recognises over 100 hours of extra-curricular activities. I hope to add Japanese language to my skill set”.

Jamaal Rowe

Emma Crago was an ACE student who studied went onto study at

Liverpool Hope University

" I am studying a Degree in English and what surprised me was that I was the only person who knew how to

breakdown English sentence into its grammatical parts. Running my own mini tutorials in my university

accommodation for my university friends they all asked me 'how on earth do you know how to do

this?’ I said 'I went to an ACE school and I learnt this kind of English when I was 13 years old. I could not

believe that no one else could do this"Emma obtained a ‘First’ in her English Degree in 2013

“When you have been to a school using the ACE system a fundamental element that you learn is

how to manage your study time and how to complete work within a given period. I am finding

that my work gets completed whereas lots of other students seem to have problems completing work and bringing it in on time. We all have the same

amount of time, and I think some of them are possibly brighter than me, but what they lack is the discipline that has been put into me over the years

to complete the work on time.”

“A friend asked me if I could help her with her GCSE Maths as she had to take an exam. I was very surprised when I looked at her work. I helped her and showed her how to work some things out. I then asked if I could take a copy of the work home. She agreed and explained that it was

an old practice paper used for GSCE exams. I showed it to my younger sister, who was 13 at the time, and I asked her if she could do this math? She said, ‘yes of course, I

am doing this work now.’'

The ICCE General Certificate begins at PACE 1085. Her younger sister was on PACE number 1083.

Ellis Mortimer & Samuel Kelly left in 2012 with ICCE General Certificates. They went onto obtain Diploma’s in Music

at The Institute

Mellissa Richmond

Melissa left PhoenixAcademy in 2012 havingobtained the ICCEAdvanced Certificate.She has gone onto BrunelUniversity to studymedicine.

Vanessa Amadi

Vanessa left PhoenixAcademy having obtained anICCE General Certificate. She went onto take anaccess course and is nowstudying for a Degree inEnglish at the LondonUniversity.

Jonathan RuebenJonathan completed his ICCE Foundation Certificate. He went onto Waltham Forest College to do a BTEC level 3 extended Diploma in IT. His predicted grades were D* which stands for Distinction and is the highest grade possible. He is currently working full time at Hallett Retail Ltd as a finance apprentice.

Rashid left in 2012 with a Foundation Certificate and started at Waltham Forest College doing a BTEC level 3 Diploma course in ICT.

Rashid Alcendor

Rashid has recently finished college, and is taking a year away from studying. He intends to either apply for University or look for an apprenticeship. His predicted grades are Merit and Distinction.

Jourdelle BennettJourdelle left in 2010 with the ICCE Foundation Certificate.

He has gone on to business college and now works as an estate agent.

Malachi KellyMalachi left with a General Certificate. He went onto Westminster University and obtained a 2.1 in Photography. He now works full time in photography. He has recently been promoted to a managerial role working for an events imaging company.

Samuel KellySamuel left with a General certificate. He went onto obtain a ‘Merit’ for his Diploma in Music at The Institute.Samuel has returned to Phoenix to work full time as a supervisor to the Juniors. He has also gone back to college to study for a Diploma in Childcare. Music is still a passion and he pursues this in his spare time.

Ellis MortimerEllis left with a General Certificate. He went onto study and obtain a Diploma in Music with The Institute. He also completed a bridging module allowing him to study for a Degree. However Ellis has returned to Phoenix Academy as a part time monitor in the classroom. In the future he may return to studying a Music Degree. He continues to pursue his love of music part time. Ellis works as a session musician and is also a member of a band with Sam.

Statistics.....Over the last few years we have had 22 leavers of school leaving age.

Out of those 22 school leavers: *7 went onto university *13 went onto college to do A levels or equivalent *2 went straight into work So in percentages: 91% of our students go onto further education with 32% going onto university and 59% going onto college.

Even more interesting out of those who stay onto do sixth form and leave with the ICCE Intermediate Certification or above, 100% of them went on to the university of their choice.

Our 2013 & 2014 Graduates are...

Blaze Owen Day

Blaze left with a Foundation Certificate and was awarded an A grade.

He went onto study a two year course in Media at The City and Islington College.

Luke Mayer

Luke left with a General Certificate. He has gone onto Alexandra Park Sixth Form to study ‘A’ Levels in Chemistry, Maths, Music, and Biology.

Elif Cabrera Elif left with an Intermediate Certificate obtaining ‘A’s in all Subjects and for her Biblical Studies she passed with an A*

Elif went onto the University of Roehampton to study a Foundation Degree in Business and Spanish.

Having just completed the Foundation Degree she has now returned to start the first year of a degree in International Business.

Shyiem Rowe

Shyiem left having achieved an Intermediate certificate.

He is now in his second year studying a degree in IT at the University of Southampton.

Milanta Petkauskaite

Milanta left with high grades in her General certificate and was accepted to do A levels at Westminster Community College. She is now studying Psychology, Critical Thinking, English Language English Literature and Philosophy

Joseph James Joseph achieved a Foundation Certificate with ICCE and

went onto City and Islington College to study Media.

2014 leavers are:Owen Mayer Owen left with a General Certificate and went on to join the

sixth form at Alexandra Park School. There he is studying A Levels in Media, Sociology and Classics.

Aidan Mayer

Aidan also left with a General Certificate and went onto join the College of North East London CONEL. There he hopes to train to become an accountant.

Rae Mortimer Rae left with a General Certificate and has decided to pursue her love of the performing arts. This September she started a course at the City and Islington College doing a BTEC level 3 in the Performing Arts.

During her summer holidays, Rae also completed ‘The Challenge’ and loved it. She said she made so many new friends and gained some valuable new skills helping her confidence and employability.

Savannah Bempa-Sempa

Savannah left with a General Certificate and is planning togo onto College where she plans to study Science and Maths. She would like to become a Dermatologist.

She says… “I am interested in Science, Maths and Business Studies. In particular the skin, how it functions, forms renews and repairs. Subsequently, I would like to study dermatology at University and work with young people with skin disorders. This is particularly important to me because I feel that young people are not well informed about treatments available to them especially when they are going through puberty”.

Joshua Amanquah

Joshua left with a General Certificate. He is one of those few students who received a straight A at General level with one subject being an A* Joshua now plans to go to College and then onto University. His passion is to become a Maths teacher.