Ark Pioneer Academy

Type Secondary / Free schools
Age Range 11-19
Religion Unknown
Address Westcombe Drive
Barnet
EN5 2BE
Phone 02037874090
Reference Number 147061

General Makeup

Number of pupils 896
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 64.4%
Girls: 35.6%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 35.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 33.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 114 67 181
8 125 56 181
9 111 69 180
10 112 66 178
11 115 61 176
12 Unknown Unknown Unknown
13 Unknown Unknown Unknown

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, Other 22.2%
White, British 19%
African 11.5%
Mixed, Other 8%
Indian 4.9%
White & Asian 3.5%
Chinese 2.9%
Caribbean 2.9%
White & Black (African) 2.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2%
Asian, Other 2%
Unclassified 1.7%
Pakistani 1.3%
Irish 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2023-10-11
Date Description Report
2023-09-13 School inspection: School inspection:

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)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 65.9% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 75.6% 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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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.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 227 15
Third Preference 179 1
From another Local Authority 101 7

Previous Years

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