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Ark Evelyn Grace Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

255 Shakespeare Road, Lambeth, London SE24 0QN · evelyngraceacademy.org · 020 7737 9520

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
39.9
average Attainment 8 score. Lambeth 45.4, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Lambeth Council
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
320
27% of 1,200 places
Local authority
Lambeth
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
61.6%
First language not English
31.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Ark Schools

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Lambeth Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 51 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 35 (Places 78)35September 2023: 31 (Places 127)31September 2024: 24 (Places 67)24September 2025: 22 (Places 46)22September 2026: 25 (Places 51)25Places 51
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202651250.5100%
September 2025Sept 202546220.5100%
September 2024Sept 202467240.4100%
September 2023Sept 2023127310.2100%
September 2022Sept 202278350.4100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.9, and 25.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lambeth it was 45.4, and across England 46.

In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade C- (26.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 40.1 (England 46.3)40.12017/18: 38.1 (England 46.5)38.12018/19: 35.1 (England 46.7)35.12021/22: 39.7 (England 48.8)39.72022/23: 38.7 (England 46.3)38.72023/24: 39.1 (England 45.9)39.12024/25: 39.9 (England 46.0)39.9England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼39.946.0
▼25.9%45.4%
▼51.9%64.8%
▲50.6%40.5%
▼3.774.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form35.8+7.2
Sixth form college17.4+11.5
Further education28.4−22
Other education0.9—
Apprenticeship0.9+0.1
Not in a lasting destination6.4−1.2
Activity not captured10.1+6.7

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/1818/192015/16: 27.1 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 24.1 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 27.1 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 26.7 (England 32.9)C-England 32.9
2018/19TrendAverage gradeProgress
30 studentsC- (26.7)Below average -0.28
30 studentsC- (26.7)Below average -0.28
Applied general7 studentsDist- (31.3)Average +0.35
3.7%AAB or better
87.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2017/1837C- (27.1)-0.56
2016/1757D+ (24.1)-0.14
2015/1631C- (27.1)-0.17

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/19
Left in 2018/19Since 2016/17
University75+19
Further education3−6
Apprenticeship3−3
Employment11+1
Not in a lasting destination6−2
Activity not captured3−9

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Ark Evelyn Grace Academy on 25 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
25 Feb 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2022Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2014Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Sept 2012Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
82%
Replies
38
11% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school●87% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●92% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●86% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●84% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●89% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲89% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing●87% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼84% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●90% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲84% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲86% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 74% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲62% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 34% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲78% agreeEngland 67%

based on 14 parents (37%) with SEND

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