Ark All Saints Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school London, Southwark·SE5 0UB
Composite score
56.5
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#1,680
National rank
#347
In London
#14
In Southwark
Top 53%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
41%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
62%
% EBacc grade 5+
18%
EBacc average points score
4.08

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
66 first choices, 104 places
First choices per place
0.64
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
245
any preference, for 104 places
Applications from another council area
18%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8520220.7720230.6620240.5320250.642026

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

Every child who put Ark All Saints 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
11–18
Pupils on roll
581
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
63.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
25.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
15.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£12,380
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
92%
125 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Ark All Saints Academy

Ark All Saints Academy is a secondary school in London, Southwark, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 581 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 45.2, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 0.8 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

41% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 62% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Ark All Saints Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 66 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 16.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 64% 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 All Saints 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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