Ark All Saints Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Southwark
140 Wyndham Road, London, SE5 0UB
63
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.0%
12.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
568
Capacity used
Nearly full95%
600 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
64 of 64 families who put it first got an offer
120
Places offered
254
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 64 | 64 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 49 | 15 | ● 31% |
| 3rd preference | 46 | 7 | ● 15% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 95 | 7 | ● 7% |
| Total | 254 | 93 | 37% |
1st preference success by year
Southwark lets families list 6 preferences. 44 applications came from outside the council area (10 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lucy Frame
- Address
- 140 Wyndham Road, Camberwell, London, SE5 0UB
- Phone
- 02074505959
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Ward / constituency
- Camberwell Green · Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139718
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 61% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 27% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ARK SCHOOLS
568 pupils · 600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
03 November 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 598 pupils
Attendance
95.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
12.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.44 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 48% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 63% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.96 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 41.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 62.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 82.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 114 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 114 | 14% | 41% | 66% | |
| English Language | 114 | 15% | 46% | 67% | |
| English Literature | 114 | 23% | 63% | 77% | |
| Combined Science | 113 | 12% | 36% | 55% | |
| Religious Studies | 113 | 27% | 50% | 62% | |
| Spanish | 93 | 13% | 38% | 47% | |
| History | 63 | 13% | 32% | 37% | |
| Geography | 56 | 7% | 52% | 63% | |
| Art and Design | 33 | 18% | 64% | 85% | |
| Computer Science | 26 | 38% | 62% | 81% | |
| Drama | 25 | 24% | 60% | 72% | |
| Physical Education | 20 | 10% | 20% | 40% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Southwark council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.