We usually try and update this once a year when we have our annual presentation so this year is no different, just a few more details

1. Phoenix Academy
‘Where have all the students gone?’
2013-2014
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2. 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

3. 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."

4. 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"

5. "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

6. 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

7. “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.”

8. “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.

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

10. Mellissa Richmond
Melissa left Phoenix
Academy in 2012 having
obtained the ICCE
Advanced Certificate.
She has gone onto Brunel
University to study
medicine.

11. Vanessa Amadi
Vanessa left Phoenix
Academy having obtained an
ICCE General Certificate.
She went onto take an
access course and is now
studying for a Degree in
English at the London
University.

12. Jonathan Rueben
Jonathan 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.

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

14. Jourdelle Bennett
Jourdelle left in 2010 with
the ICCE Foundation
Certificate.
He has gone on to
business college and now
works as an estate agent.

15. Malachi Kelly
Malachi 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.

16. Samuel Kelly
Samuel 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.

17. Ellis Mortimer
Ellis 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.

18. 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.

19. Our 2013 & 2014 Graduates are...

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. Savannah Bempa-Sempa
Savannah left with a General Certificate and is planning to
go 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”.

28. 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.