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Ark Walworth Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 44.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
49.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.18 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 43.3[6] 43.6%[6]
2023/24 41.5[4] 41.3%[4] +0.18[4]
2022/23 44.1[7] 46%[7] +0.12[7]
2021/22 45.4[8] 49%[8] +0.03[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
11.4% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 14.9%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 14%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 8.8%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 9.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
52% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
8% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
29% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[15] 47%[15] 8%[15] 31%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 50%[16] 13%[16] 30%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 51%[17] 7%[17] 34%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 90%[18] 55%[18] 5%[18] 27%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
81% 2022/23[19]
Education
66% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
14% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 67%[20] 2%[20] 18%[20]
2020/21 79%[21] 63%[21] 9%[21] 7%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 81%[22] 2%[22] 0%[22]
2018/19 87%[23] 68%[23] 6%[23] 13%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
79% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
16% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
21% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 75%[26] 14%[26]
2019/20 79%[25] 19%[25] 21%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 82%[27] 29%[27] 27%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 85%[28] 19%[28] 17%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
2 Nov 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
10 Dec 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
31 Jan 2018[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
399 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
93 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
130 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 392[31] 91[31] 125[31] 3.1[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024 468[31] 134[31] 168[31] 2.8[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2023 422[31] 111[31] 161[31] 2.6[31] 0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2022 471[31] 103[31] 152[31] 3.1[31] 0.7[31]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Trust
ARK SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority
Southwark[1]
Website
http://walworthacademy.org/[1]
District
Southwark[33]
Postcode
SE1 5UJ[1]
URN
135315[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
971 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
49.6% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
15.7% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
72.2% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
15.4%[35]
Mixed
14.2%[35]
Asian
5.9%[35]
Black
45.9%[35]
Any other ethnic group
10.2%[35]
Unclassified
8.4%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    September - October 2025: The school provides opportunities for prospective pupils and their parents/carers to visit the school. 31 October 2025: National closing date for Secondary applications. (p. 4)
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