Expand Education & Learning
Expanding access to quality, inclusive learning — from early years through to skills for work and life.
Inclusive ARK works to expand access to quality, inclusive learning — supporting children, young people, and adults to gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to participate fully.
Education is one of the most important foundations for inclusion and opportunity. When people have access to quality learning — from early years through to skills for work — they gain the tools to shape their own lives and contribute to their communities. Yet many children and adults are still excluded, by poverty, geography, gender, disability, or systems that don't serve them.
Our Focus
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Access & Inclusion Reaching children and adults who are excluded from learning.
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Quality Learning Improving how learning happens — teaching, content, environments, and support.
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Skills Development Building skills for work, life, and continued learning.
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Girls & Marginalized Learners Addressing the barriers that keep girls and marginalized groups out of learning.
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Education Systems Strengthening systems so they serve all learners more effectively.
What change looks like.
Access
More children and adults able to access quality learning.
Quality
Stronger learning outcomes and more effective teaching and support.
Inclusion
Greater inclusion of marginalized learners in education.
How this work takes shape.
Our work focuses on expanding access, improving quality, and strengthening inclusion. We support approaches that reach the children and adults most likely to be left behind, that improve how learning happens, and that help systems become more inclusive and effective.
We work across the learning journey — from early years through to adult skills. Our focus in any place depends on where the need and opportunity are greatest.
We don't typically run schools directly. We work with educators, organizations, and systems to strengthen learning.
We use a mix of approaches — from formal assessment to qualitative insight — to understand whether learning is improving and for whom.
Explore our other areas of work.
Advance Gender & Inclusion
Creating greater equality, participation, and leadership for women, girls, and marginalized populations.
Expand Economic Opportunity
Opening pathways to livelihoods, entrepreneurship, and economic participation for people who have been excluded.
Research & Evidence
Generating knowledge that informs action — combining research, community knowledge, and practical learning.
Change is stronger when we work together.
We welcome opportunities to work with communities, civil society organizations, researchers, institutions, public bodies, funders, and other partners who share our commitment to equality and opportunity.