Ark Academy

Type Other schools / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Forty Avenue
Wembley
Middlesex
HA9 9JR
Phone 02083854370
Reference Number 135600

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1642
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.73%
Girls: 49.27%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 30.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 48.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 25 35 60
2 33 27 60
3 35 24 59
4 35 25 60
5 20 40 60
6 32 24 56
7 104 87 191
8 97 83 180
9 91 86 177
10 87 80 167
11 92 88 180
12 64 89 153
13 66 68 134

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 19.4%
Indian 11.1%
Asian, Other 11.1%
White, Other 10.5%
Pakistani 7.8%
Mixed, Other 6.6%
Caribbean 4.7%
White, British 3.3%
Unclassified 3%
White & Asian 2.9%
White & Black (African) 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Early Years Provision Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2022-05-03
Date Description Report
2022-02-22 School inspection: School inspection:
2011-06-08 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2010-11-24 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-01-12 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
52.7 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 58% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 71.3% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 35.07 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 34.51 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C+ C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 15.5% Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 82% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 14% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106 Unlock Unlock
Maths 107 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 2 Unlock Unlock
Writing 2.9 Unlock Unlock
Maths 4 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 83 3
Third Preference 59 0
From another Local Authority 6 0

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 251 32
Third Preference 223 6
From another Local Authority 58 1

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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