The worst year of my life. - Secondary Teacher Ark Schools Employee Review

1.0
1 May 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

High quality teaching staff. Strong mission for educational equality.

Cons

Leadership team have respect for work-life balance. You are expected to work through your lunchtimes and breaks every day. You are regularly expected to stay late. Working on the weekend is the norm. If you raise concerns about your work-life balance you will be accused of being inefficient with your time and ignored. I had been warned Ark before joining, I wish I'd listened.

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4.0
26 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Enjoyable role and great colleagues to support. I came from another large MAT (a certain Croydon based one beginning with H) that nearly put me off education for life. Being at Ark has made me love being part of the education sector again.

Cons

Would like to see more collaboration between teams

4.0
22 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I had a good team that made working easier

Cons

Ended up becoming repetitive at the end

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