Ark Evelyn Grace Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school London, Lambeth·SE24 0QN
Composite score
49.9
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#2,522
National rank
#432
In London
#14
In Lambeth
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
39.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
26%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
52%
% EBacc grade 5+
10%
EBacc average points score
3.77

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 51 places
First choices per place
0.49
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
102
any preference, for 51 places
Applications from another council area
14%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.4520220.2420230.3620240.4820250.492026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Ark Evelyn Grace Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
348
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
66.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
36.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
33.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£15,977
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
81%
124 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
79%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Ark Evelyn Grace Academy

Ark Evelyn Grace Academy is a secondary school in London, Lambeth, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 348 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 39.9 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 0.8 points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

26% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 52% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ark Evelyn Grace Academy their first choice was offered one of its 51 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 81% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.2%. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 66% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Ark Evelyn Grace Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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