Ark Victoria Academy

About Ark Victoria Academy

Ark Victoria Academy is an all-through school in Birmingham, Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a free school. Around 1,544 pupils aged 3 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 48.4, broadly in line with the national average of 46. On our composite score, Ark Victoria Academy ranks among the top 14% of primary schools in England for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the top 36% of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 45% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 65% 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 Victoria 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 further down the page.