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Ark Acton Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 40 40.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
40.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
39.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.20 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 42.1[6] 32.5%[6]
2023/24 46.2[4] 46.4%[4] +0.20[4]
2022/23 43.6[7] 37%[7] +0.31[7]
2021/22 44.3[8] 39%[8] +0.11[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
10.4% 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] 6.8%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 14%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 22%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 2.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
43% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
40% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 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 88%[15] 43%[15] 7%[15] 35%[15] 0%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 50%[16] 1%[16] 38%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 90%[17] 49%[17] 5%[17] 35%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 90%[18] 40%[18] 5%[18] 42%[18] 2%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
73% 2022/23[19]
Education
60% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
9% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 71%[20] 5%[20] 8%[20]
2020/21 80%[21] 76%[21] 0%[21] 4%[21]
2019/20 95%[22] 85%[22] 0%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 87%[23] 80%[23] 0%[23] 7%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
30% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
35% 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 93%[26] 41%[26]
2019/20 90%[25] 43%[25] 35%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 93%[27] 19%[27] 12%[27] 0%[27]

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 Feb 2023[28]
Type
Academy First Section 5[28]
Report published
19 Mar 2023[28]
Personal development
Good[28]
Quality of education
Good[28]
Overall effectiveness
Good[28]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[28]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[28]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[28]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Applications (any preference)
211 Entry Sept 2026[29]
First preferences
23 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Places offered
155 Entry Sept 2026[29]
First preferences per place
0.1 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 221[29] 41[29] 151[29] 1.5[29] 0.3[29]
Entry Sept 2024 246[29] 36[29] 155[29] 1.6[29] 0.2[29]
Entry Sept 2023 201[29] 37[29] 150[29] 1.3[29] 0.2[29]
Entry Sept 2022 222[29] 36[29] 123[29] 1.8[29] 0.3[29]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[30]

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
1400[1]
Trust
ARK SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority
Ealing[1]
Website
arkacton.org[1]
District
Ealing[31]
Postcode
W3 8EY[1]
URN
146318[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
804 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
60.7% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
14.4% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
1.6% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
54.5% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
19.5%[33]
Mixed
8.8%[33]
Asian
13.6%[33]
Black
22.7%[33]
Any other ethnic group
30.7%[33]
Unclassified
4.7%[33]

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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. 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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  21. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  29. 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.
  30. arkacton.org: arkacton.org — Ark Acton Academy Admissions Policy 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-03-05. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    September-October 2026: The academy provides opportunities for prospective pupils and their parents/carers to visit the academy. 31st October 2026: National closing date for Secondary applications. (p. 4)
  31. 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.
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