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St Mark's Church of England Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 44.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
40% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.70 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 46.1[6] 41.4%[6]
2023/24 48.2[4] 47.9%[4] +0.70[4]
2022/23 42.9[7] 35%[7] +0.66[7]
2021/22 47[8] 38%[8] +0.59[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B[10] 23.5%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 26.3%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 15.4%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 10.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
31% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
9% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
48% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[15] 30%[15] 15%[15] 45%[15] 0%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 90%[16] 46%[16] 3%[16] 39%[16] 1%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 34%[17] 5%[17] 52%[17] 0%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 89%[18] 34%[18] 2%[18] 50%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
80% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
61% 2022/23[19]
Education
64% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 82%[20] 61%[20] 61%[20] 0%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 74%[21] 53%[21] 61%[21] 0%[21] 13%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 60%[22] 72%[22] 0%[22] 11%[22]
2018/19 98%[23] 74%[23] 82%[23] 4%[23] 12%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
76% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
17% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
14% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 69%[26] 19%[26]
2019/20 86%[25] 18%[25] 14%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 84%[27] 18%[27] 16%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 68%[28] 11%[28] 9%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
14 May 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
25 Jun 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
8 Mar 2023[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
7 Nov 2017[31] S5 Inspection[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
373 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
101 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
172 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 448[32] 129[32] 183[32] 2.4[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 328[32] 91[32] 195[32] 1.7[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2023 343[32] 121[32] 196[32] 1.8[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2022 276[32] 92[32] 196[32] 1.4[32] 0.5[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
180 2026-10-14[33]
Sibling priority
Students with a Sibling attending the Academy at the time of application 2026-10-14[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
900[1]
Trust
ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Merton[1]
Website
http://www.stmarks.anthemtrust.uk/[1]
District
Merton[34]
Postcode
CR4 1SF[1]
URN
134003[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
944 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
43.6% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
21.7% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
2.2% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
51% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
35.4%[36]
Mixed
20.5%[36]
Asian
14%[36]
Black
25.4%[36]
Any other ethnic group
2.6%[36]
Unclassified
1.9%[36]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quotes (2)
    The Academy has an agreed admission number of 180 (the Published Admission Number - PAN) students for entry in 7. (p. 2)
    Students with a Sibling attending the Academy at the time of application. (p. 4)
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