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Ark All Saints Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 52 52.1 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
52.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
55.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
20.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.44 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 45.2[5] 41.2%[5]
2023/24 44.4[3] 47.8%[3] +0.44[3]
2022/23 44.8[6] 50%[6] +0.27[6]
2021/22 48.7[7] 45%[7] +0.38[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
47% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
14% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
29% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[8]
Employment
0% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[9] 52%[9] 18%[9] 17%[9] 1%[9] 2%[9]
2020/21 90%[10] 34%[10] 23%[10] 28%[10] 2%[10] 3%[10]
2019/20 91%[11] 30%[11] 31%[11] 28%[11] 0%[11] 2%[11]
2018/19 89%[12] 30%[12] 25%[12] 26%[12] 4%[12] 4%[12]

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[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
10 Dec 2023[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
19 Jun 2018[14] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
245 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
66 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
104 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 254[15] 64[15] 120[15] 2.1[15] 0.5[15]
Entry Sept 2024 296[15] 79[15] 120[15] 2.5[15] 0.7[15]
Entry Sept 2023 297[15] 92[15] 119[15] 2.5[15] 0.8[15]
Entry Sept 2022 301[15] 103[15] 121[15] 2.5[15] 0.9[15]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
600[1]
Trust
ARK SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority
Southwark[1]
Website
http://arkallsaintsacademy.org/[1]
District
Southwark[17]
Postcode
SE5 0UB[1]
URN
139718[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
581 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
25.5% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
16.5% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
3.6% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
63.7% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
12%[19]
Mixed
11.1%[19]
Asian
3.3%[19]
Black
61.1%[19]
Any other ethnic group
8.5%[19]
Unclassified
4%[19]

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.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. arkallsaintsacademy.org: arkallsaintsacademy.org — Ark All Saints Academy Admission Policy 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-03-01. 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. 31 October 2026: National closing date for Secondary applications. (p. 4)
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.