1. Phoenix Academy
‘Where have all the students
gone?’

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. Phoenix Academy 2010 student
currently studying 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 PACEs, but now I’m at University I
understand and appreciate what you all did.
Thank You."
Neisha Padmore

4. A 2011 general certificate
student who left and went on to
college
“ what is funny is how the students don’t seem to
be able to complete work on time. I have just
handed in one of my first essays, the lecturer said
1,000 words, I was about 400 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. Phoenix Academy Student 2011
"I wish the accounts course I did in Phoenix Academy
had been as easy as the accounts course I am now
doing as part of my University course"
Jamaal Rowe, studying at Canterbury University

6. An ACE student currently
studying 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 an 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"
ACE student, Emma Crago, studying at Liverpool Hope Univeristy

7. A PHOENIX ACADEMY
STUDENT
“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. Conversation with
one of our students
“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 13 year old student was on PACE 1083. The ICCE
General Certificate begins at PACE 1085.

9. Jamaal Rowe
Jamaal left Phoenix
Academy in 2011 having
obtained the ICCE
Intermediate qualification.
This gave him entry into
Canterbury University where
he is now studying for a
Degree in Business Studies,
Accounts and allied subjects.

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

11. Vanessa Amadi
Vanessa left Phoenix
Academy having obtained an
ICCE General certificate.
She went on to take an
Access Course and is now
studying for a Degree in
English at the London
University.

12. Neisha Padmore
Neisha Left Phoenix
Academy in 2009 with an
ICCE Intermediate
qualification.
This enabled her to enter
Kingston University where
she is completing her
Degree in Accounts.

13. Jonathan Reuben
Jonathan has started at
Waltham Forest College
doing a level 3 course in
ICT. He is currently in the
process of completing his
ICCE Foundation Certificate
at Phoenix Academy.

14. Rashid Alcendor
Rashid has started at
Waltham Forest College
doing a level 3 course in
ICT. He is currently in the
process of completing his
ICCE Foundation
Certificate at Phoenix
Academy.

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

16. Malachi Kelly
Malachi left Phoenix
Academy having
obtained the ICCE
General qualification. He
now attends City of
Westminster College
where he is in his second
year of a Foundation
Degree in Photography.

17. Samuel Kelly
Samuel left Phoenix
Academy having obtained
the ICCE General
qualification. He went on to
The Institute where he
obtained a Diploma in
Guitar.

18. Ellis Mortimer
Ellis left Phoenix Academy
having obtained the ICCE
General qualification. He
then went onto The
Institute, college of music
where he completed a
Diploma in Guitar. He is
now doing a bridging
module to begin his Degree
in Music next year.