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Ark Globe Academy

Harper Road, London, SE1 6AG

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ARK SCHOOLS is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)93.1%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 48.4
Roll vs capacityAround published capacity
Pupils1272

Ofsted inspection

Latest Ofsted report card

Report card grades

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

Ofsted grades each area on its own, from urgent improvement up to exceptional. Expected standard means the school is doing everything it should. These grades cannot be compared with the old overall grades.

Report published 12 Jul 2026.

Inspection history

  • Last overall gradeGood
  • Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SE1. Where we have them, council (Southwark) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1272
Free school meals
64.4%
14.7% above district average (49.7%)

Also: Southwark 34.7% · England 24%

SEN
20.5%
7.1% below district average (27.6%)

Also: Southwark 20.9% · England 19.6%

EAL
34.3%
2.5% below district average (36.8%)
Attendance
93.1% Autumn and spring 2024/25
0.1% below district average (93.2%)

Also: Southwark 94% · England 93.4%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SE1 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is from 2023/24, the latest year published for this school. There is no Progress 8 for 2024/25 or 2025/26, because those pupils did not sit Key Stage 2 tests during the pandemic. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

18.5%

0.9% above England (17.6%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

75%

13% above England (62%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

11%

3% above England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

84%

9% above England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

81%

9% above England (72%)

KS2 maths2024/25

89%

15% above England (74%)

Progress 82023/24

+0.22

0.22 above England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

48.4

2.3 above England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

49%

3.6% above England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

70.3%

5.5% above England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

88.4%

47.9% above England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

4.6

0.5 above England (4.09)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 57 families put this school first. All of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
57
First-preference offers
57
First preferences offered a place
100%
Total offers
81
Named on any preference
310

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Around published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
1645
Pupils on roll
1272

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Southwark page.

SEN support

SEN %
20.5%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Ark Globe Academy

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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