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Ark Priory Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Acton Lane, London W3 8NR · 020 3110 0717
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 88%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Ealing 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.33 mi
- 0.52 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Criteria 6 (distance) · Ealing Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 439
- 94% of 466 places
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 45.1%
- First language not English
- 40.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Ark Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Criteria 6 (distance)” went to a home 0.33 mi (525 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.48 mi (776 m). Source: Ealing Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 77 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 64% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 77 | 1.3▲ | 64% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 67% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 94 | 1.6▲ | 62% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 80 | 1.3▲ | 66% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 91 | 1.5▲ | 60% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Criteria 6 (distance) | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.33 mi0.52 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.48 mi0.78 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.45 mi0.73 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 88% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Ealing it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲88% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▲109 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ark Priory Primary Academy on 3 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2015
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (144 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 144
- 32% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (13%) with SEND