Ark Evelyn Grace Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 38 38.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 38.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 30.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 1.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.46 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	39.9[5]	25.9%[5]
2023/24	39.1[3]	27.5%[3]	-0.46[3]
2022/23	38.7[6]	35%[6]	-0.38[6]
2021/22	39.7[7]	34%[7]	-0.53[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C- 2018/19[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 3.7% 2018/19[8]
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
2017/18	C-[10]	7.4%[10]
2016/17	D+[11]	5.6%[11]
2015/16	C-[12]	6.5%[12]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 81% 2022/23[13]
School sixth form: 39% 2022/23[13]
Sixth-form college: 8% 2022/23[13]
Further education college: 32% 2022/23[13]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[13]
Employment: 2% 2022/23[13]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	88%[14]	29%[14]	6%[14]	50%[14]	1%[14]	3%[14]
2020/21	89%[15]	23%[15]	12%[15]	52%[15]	0%[15]	3%[15]
2019/20	91%[16]	25%[16]	13%[16]	51%[16]	1%[16]	0%[16]
2018/19	84%[17]	15%[17]	12%[17]	54%[17]	1%[17]	1%[17]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 81% 2016/17[18]
UK higher education: 56% 2016/17[18]
Education: 65% 2016/17[18]
Apprenticeship: 6% 2016/17[18]
Employment: 10% 2016/17[18]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2015/16	94%[19]	81%[19]	90%[19]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 94% 2015/16[20]
Top third of most selective universities: 29% 2015/16[20]
Russell Group universities: 16% 2015/16[20]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2015/16[20]

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: 25 Feb 2025[21]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[21]
Report published: 29 Apr 2025[21]
Personal development: Good[21]
Quality of education: Good[21]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[21]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[21]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[21]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
9 Nov 2022[22]	S5 Inspection[22]	Requires improvement[22]
16 May 2017[23]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[23]	No overall grade[23]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.0 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference): 102 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences: 25 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered: 51 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place: 0.5 Entry Sept 2026[24]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	108[24]	22[24]	46[24]	2.3[24]	0.5[24]
Entry Sept 2024	125[24]	24[24]	67[24]	1.9[24]	0.4[24]
Entry Sept 2023	130[24]	31[24]	127[24]	1.0[24]	0.2[24]
Entry Sept 2022	131[24]	35[24]	78[24]	1.7[24]	0.4[24]

Admissions

Application deadline: 31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[25]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1200[1]
Trust: ARK SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority: Lambeth[1]
Website: http://evelyngraceacademy.org/[1]
District: Lambeth [26]
Postcode: SE24 0QN[1]
URN: 135389[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 348 2024/25[27]
English as an additional language: 36.2% 2024/25[27]
SEN support: 19.5% 2024/25[27]
EHC plan: 3.2% 2024/25[27]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 66.1% 2024/25[27]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 13.8%[28]
Mixed: 19.4%[28]
Asian: 4.4%[28]
Black: 49.1%[28]
Any other ethnic group: 8.8%[28]
Unclassified: 4.7%[28]

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

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.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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evelyngraceacademy.org: evelyngraceacademy.org — Ark Evelyn Grace Academy Admission Policy 2026-27 (PDF). Period 2025-04-15. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
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September - October 2025: The school provides opportunities for prospective pupils and their parents/carers to visit the school. 31st October 2025: National closing date for Secondary applications. (p. 4)
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