Ark Academy

State-Funded School

ark-academy-brent-london

LondonRegion

BrentLocal Authority

Brent WestConstituency

HA9 9JRPostcode

9.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Ark Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 3–18, located in Brent, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,639 pupils. Ark Academy is part of ARK SCHOOLS.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 14 Apr 2026 · published 21 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Exceptional
Early years
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 51.5
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 50.6%
EBacc average point score: 4.92

Ethnicity

White

14%

Asian

32%

Black

23%

Mixed

11%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

15%

Unclassified

Pupils

1,639

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

41%

England average

27%

First language not English

48%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 3 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 1,639
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: ARK SCHOOLS

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
2 May 2022	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
12 Feb 2011	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.