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Ark Acton Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, London W3 8EY · arkacton.org · 020 3110 2400

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Feb 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
42.1
average Attainment 8 score. Ealing 52, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Ealing Council
Demand for places
0.1
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
752
54% of 1,400 places
Local authority
Ealing
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
54.2%
First language not English
60.9%
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: Ealing Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 23 families put the school first and 155 places were offered; 96% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 36 (Places 123)36September 2023: 37 (Places 150)37September 2024: 36 (Places 155)36September 2025: 41 (Places 151)41September 2026: 23 (Places 155)23Places 155
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026155230.196%
September 2025Sept 2025151410.3100%
September 2024Sept 2024155360.2100%
September 2023Sept 2023150370.2100%
September 2022Sept 2022123360.3100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.1, and 32.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Ealing it was 52, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (27.6 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: 35.6 (England 46.3)35.62018/19: 40.3 (England 46.7)40.32021/22: 44.3 (England 48.8)44.32022/23: 43.6 (England 46.3)43.62023/24: 46.2 (England 45.9)46.22024/25: 42.1 (England 46.0)42.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼42.146.0
▼32.5%45.4%
▼57.2%64.8%
▲58.2%40.5%
●3.914.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101932)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form60.3+17.6
Sixth form college3.4−3.6
Further education25.1−10
Other education1.1+0.6
Not in a lasting destination5−3.6
Activity not captured5+1.2

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 27.1 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 29.3 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 22.2 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 31.3 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 33.6 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 27.8 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 28.6 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 27.6 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
48 studentsC- (27.6)Below average -0.29
48 studentsC- (27.6)Below average -0.29
15 studentsDist+ (39.4)Well above average +1.01
10.4%AAB or better
96%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2445C (28.6)-0.07
2022/2358C- (27.8)—
2021/2241C+ (33.6)—
2018/1943C (31.3)+0.48
2017/1865D+ (22.2)+0.13
2016/1785C (29.3)+0.39
2015/1680C- (27.1)+0.01

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University60−9.8
Other education3.3+1.7
Employment3.3−4.6
Not in a lasting destination23.3+12.2
Activity not captured10+5.2

Ofsted

Ark Acton Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 February 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
2 Feb 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Feb 2017

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101932), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2017Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesInadequate
    SafeguardingNot effective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101932)

  • Jun 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101932)

What parents said

73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 1 January 2024).

Recommend
73%
Replies
44
5% · 1 Jan 2024
Child is happy at school▼75% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼82% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●84% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼75% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▼78% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn●82% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼75% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▼64% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼86% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼75% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲85% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 80% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲65% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 48% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●69% agreeEngland 67%

based on 13 parents (30%) with SEND

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