Ark Globe Academy

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry

B-

Average points per entry

36.1

England average 32.3

A level students

42

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1272

Places

1645

How full

77% full — 1272 of 1645 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

581 / 691

Overall absence

7%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

19%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

66%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

34%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

18%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

89%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

87%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

54%

No sustained destination

8%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

145

After sixth form

Went to university

74%

England 50%

In education, work or training

86%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

3%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

73

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

91%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

69

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Southwark 006D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

46%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

15%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

19%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

61%

England 17%

Households with no car

63%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

42%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy sponsor led

Phase

All-through

Ages

Ages 3–18

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

Yes

Boarding

Day school

Trust

ARK SCHOOLS

Headteacher

Principal: Matt Jones OBE

Local authority

Southwark

Ward

Chaucer

Constituency

Bermondsey and Old Southwark

URN

135584

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest all-through schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.