Ark Blake Academy
About the school
Ark Blake Academy is an open secondary school in Croydon.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 22 February 2023
- Published
- 26 April 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 45.6
- Croydon
- 44.5
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Croydon
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 50.60%
- Croydon
- 42.40%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 63.60%
- Croydon
- 61.70%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 58.40%
- Croydon
- 51.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.28
- Croydon
- 3.99
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
782
Girls
49.36%
Boys
50.64%
SEN support
13.55%
Education, health and care plan
1.41%
English as an additional language
33.90%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
52.81%
Overall absence
8.46
Persistent absence
25.28