ARK John Archer Primary Academy

ARK John Archer Primary Academy at a glance

Located in London, Wandsworth, ARK John Archer Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 202 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 25% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 15% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). ARK John Archer Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 19 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 23.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 73% 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. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.