Ark Academy
About the school
Ark Academy is an open all-through school in Brent.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 14 April 2026
- Published
- 21 May 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Exceptional
Early years
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Outstanding
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 51.5
- Brent
- 51.7
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Brent
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 50.60%
- Brent
- 54.40%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 73.20%
- Brent
- 71.40%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 83.30%
- Brent
- 60.50%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.92
- Brent
- 4.81
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B-
Average A-level points
- School
- 38.28
AAB or better
- School
- 17.00%
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 82%
- Brent
- 69%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 11%
- Brent
- 10%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 86%
- Brent
- 79%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 86%
- Brent
- 77%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 89%
- Brent
- 80%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 80%
- Brent
- 80%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 30%
- Brent
- 42%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 89%
- Brent
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Brent
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 106
- Brent
- 106
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 105
- Brent
- 108
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1642
Girls
50.18%
Boys
49.82%
SEN support
9.26%
Education, health and care plan
3.35%
English as an additional language
48.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
35.67%
Overall absence
4.91
Persistent absence
11.23
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
164
Sustained education or employment
96%
Education
95%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
2%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
156
Sustained education or employment
90%
Higher education
76%
Further education
1%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
11%