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Ark Putney Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 47.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
41.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.23 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 46.3[6] 42.6%[6]
2023/24 46.1[4] 48.9%[4] +0.23[4]
2022/23 42.4[7] 38%[7] 0.00[7]
2021/22 48.4[8] 51%[8] +0.12[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.9% 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] 11.5%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 12%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 10.6%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 19%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
49% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
33% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 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 90%[15] 57%[15] 3%[15] 24%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 54%[16] 5%[16] 32%[16] 1%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 92%[17] 63%[17] 1%[17] 26%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 85%[18] 41%[18] 0%[18] 38%[18] 3%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[19]
Education
75% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
10% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 77%[20] 1%[20] 13%[20]
2020/21 81%[21] 69%[21] 2%[21] 11%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 76%[22] 2%[22] 6%[22]
2018/19 86%[23] 66%[23] 9%[23] 11%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
90% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
17% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
25% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 77%[26] 23%[26]
2019/20 89%[25] 25%[25] 25%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 82%[27] 21%[27] 21%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 84%[28] 14%[28] 14%[28] 2%[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
9 Nov 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
12 Jan 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
29 Mar 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
276 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
38 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
132 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 311[31] 70[31] 154[31] 2.0[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2024 309[31] 56[31] 133[31] 2.3[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2023 404[31] 104[31] 174[31] 2.3[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 441[31] 92[31] 168[31] 2.6[31] 0.5[31]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[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
Wandsworth[1]
Website
http://arkputney.org/[1]
District
Wandsworth[33]
Postcode
SW15 3DG[1]
URN
138681[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
784 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
48.9% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
11.5% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
5.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
57.5% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
29.4%[35]
Mixed
20.4%[35]
Asian
16%[35]
Black
20.8%[35]
Any other ethnic group
11.3%[35]
Unclassified
2.3%[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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  32. arkputney.org: arkputney.org — Ark Putney Academy Admission Policy 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-03-03. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    September - October 2026: The school provides opportunities for prospective pupils and their parents/carers to visit the school. 31st October 2026: National closing date for Secondary applications. (p. 4)
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