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Ark Greenwich Free School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 66 65.8 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
65.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
86% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
40.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.43 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 68.2[5] 90.2%[5]
2023/24 63.6[3] 76.6%[3] +1.43[3]
2022/23 59[6] 67%[6] +1.10[6]
2021/22 62.5[7] 81%[7] +1.14[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
73% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
20% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
1% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[8]
Employment
0% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[9] 69%[9] 19%[9] 2%[9] 1%[9] 3%[9]
2020/21 92%[10] 59%[10] 22%[10] 8%[10] 0%[10] 2%[10]
2019/20 92%[11] 62%[11] 16%[11] 9%[11] 0%[11] 2%[11]
2018/19 96%[12] 55%[12] 21%[12] 14%[12] 3%[12] 1%[12]

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 Apr 2023[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
2 Jul 2023[13]
Personal development
Outstanding[13]
Quality of education
Outstanding[13]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
17 Nov 2021[14] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[14] No overall grade[14]
11 Feb 2020[15] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[15] No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
10.3 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
1188 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
357 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
115 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
3.1 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1139[16] 293[16] 113[16] 10.1[16] 2.6[16]
Entry Sept 2024 1017[16] 254[16] 123[16] 8.3[16] 2.1[16]
Entry Sept 2023 797[16] 157[16] 115[16] 6.9[16] 1.4[16]
Entry Sept 2022 730[16] 138[16] 118[16] 6.2[16] 1.2[16]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[17]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
600[1]
Trust
ARK SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority
Greenwich[1]
Website
http://www.arkgreenwichfreeschool.org/[1]
District
Greenwich[18]
Postcode
SE18 4LH[1]
URN
138245[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
601 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language
20.8% 2024/25[19]
SEN support
13.8% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan
2.7% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
40.1% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
24.4%[20]
Mixed
16.4%[20]
Asian
12.2%[20]
Black
35.1%[20]
Any other ethnic group
6.3%[20]
Unclassified
5.5%[20]

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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. arkgreenwichfreeschool.org: arkgreenwichfreeschool.org — Ark Greenwich Free School Admission Policy 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-03-02. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    September - October 2026: The school provides opportunities for prospective pupils and their parents/carers to visit the school. 31 October 2026: National closing date for Secondary applications. (p. 4)
  18. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.