Ark Franklin Primary Academy

State-Funded School

ark-franklin-primary-academy-brent-london

LondonRegion

BrentLocal Authority

Queen's Park and Maida ValeConstituency

NW6 6HJPostcode

9.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ark Franklin Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Brent, London.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 663 pupils. Ark Franklin Primary Academy is part of ARK SCHOOLS.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 95%
Higher standard: 16%
Reading score: 110
Maths score: 110

Ethnicity

White

52%

Asian

Black

Mixed

16%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

663

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

19%

England average

27%

First language not English

24%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 663
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: ARK SCHOOLS

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 12 March 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
14 Jul 2016	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.