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Ark Isaac Newton Academy[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 4–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 61 60.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B+ B+ 2024/25[3]
KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 92% 92% 2024/25[4]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
60.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
72% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
36.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.90 2023/24[5]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[6]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[6]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 56.7[7] 64.6%[7]
2023/24 57.4[5] 75.4%[5] +0.90[5]
2022/23 58.6[8] 73%[8] +0.97[8]
2021/22 59.8[9] 78%[9] +1.10[9]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
21.6% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[11] 15.2%[11]
2022/23 C+[12] 12.9%[12]
2021/22 B[13] 26.8%[13]
2018/19 C+[14] 13.6%[14]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
92% 2024/25[4]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
32% 2024/25[4]
Reading, average scaled score
111 2024/25[4]
Maths, average scaled score
111 2024/25[4]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 86%[15] 15%[15] 108[15] 108[15]
2022/23 86%[16] 28%[16] 109[16] 110[16]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[17]
School sixth form
69% 2022/23[17]
Sixth-form college
8% 2022/23[17]
Further education college
13% 2022/23[17]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[17]
Employment
1% 2022/23[17]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[18] 75%[18] 2%[18] 20%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]
2020/21 97%[19] 69%[19] 2%[19] 24%[19] 1%[19] 1%[19]
2019/20 95%[20] 70%[20] 3%[20] 21%[20] 1%[20] 0%[20]
2018/19 98%[21] 74%[21] 4%[21] 18%[21] 1%[21] 2%[21]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[22]
UK higher education
79% 2022/23[22]
Education
79% 2022/23[22]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[22]
Employment
6% 2022/23[22]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[23] 70%[23] 72%[23] 12%[23] 6%[23]
2020/21 88%[24] 80%[24] 80%[24] 4%[24] 4%[24]
2019/20 91%[25] 79%[25] 80%[25] 7%[25] 5%[25]
2018/19 90%[26] 68%[26] 72%[26] 6%[26] 11%[26]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[27]
Top third of most selective universities
42% 2021/22[27]
Russell Group universities
32% 2019/20[28]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[28]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 92%[29] 32%[29]
2019/20 85%[28] 35%[28] 32%[28] 0%[28]
2018/19 81%[30] 30%[30] 29%[30] 0%[30]

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
15 Oct 2024[31]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[31]
Report published
27 Nov 2024[31]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[31]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[31]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
2 Oct 2018[32] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[32] Outstanding[32]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
11.9 Entry Sept 2026[33]
Applications (any preference)
991 Entry Sept 2026[33]
First preferences
181 Entry Sept 2026[33]
Places offered
83 Entry Sept 2026[33]
First preferences per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[33]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1006[33] 210[33] 83[33] 12.1[33] 2.5[33]
Entry Sept 2024 1068[33] 234[33] 87[33] 12.3[33] 2.7[33]
Entry Sept 2023 1143[33] 218[33] 85[33] 13.4[33] 2.6[33]
Entry Sept 2022 1236[33] 250[33] 90[33] 13.7[33] 2.8[33]

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
3.6 Entry Sept 2026[33]
Applications (any preference)
320 Entry Sept 2026[33]
First preferences
106 Entry Sept 2026[33]
Places offered
90 Entry Sept 2026[33]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[33]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 334[33] 104[33] 90[33] 3.7[33] 1.2[33]
Entry Sept 2024 359[33] 124[33] 89[33] 4.0[33] 1.4[33]
Entry Sept 2023 371[33] 113[33] 88[33] 4.2[33] 1.3[33]
Entry Sept 2022 411[33] 149[33] 89[33] 4.6[33] 1.7[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
4–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1800[1]
Trust
ARK SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority
Redbridge[1]
Website
https://isaacnewtonacademy.org/[1]
District
Redbridge[34]
Postcode
IG1 1FY[1]
URN
138518[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1760 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
46.2% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
10.2% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
3.2% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
31.9% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
5.5%[36]
Mixed
8.4%[36]
Asian
77.8%[36]
Black
4.4%[36]
Any other ethnic group
1.6%[36]
Unclassified
2.3%[36]

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.

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