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Arco Academy[1]

Independent · ages 11–16

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Headline results

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Results

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Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[2]

ISI inspection

Inspection
December 2024[3]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[3]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[3]
Quality of education
Standards met[3]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[3]
Social and economic education
Standards met[3]
Safeguarding
Standards met[3]

Leadership and governance

  • ISI recommended: The school should improve how it monitors education quality with clear teaching standards.

Quality of education

  • ISI recommended: The school should ensure teaching is challenging enough for all pupils to make progress.

ISI's page for this school

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Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
60[1]
Local authority
Southwark[1]
Website
www.arco.academy[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[2]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[2]
District
Southwark[4]
Postcode
SE5 8TS[1]
URN
147732[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
13 2024/25[5]
SEN support
30.8% 2024/25[5]
EHC plan
53.9% 2024/25[5]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[5]

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: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Arco Academy, December 2024. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  4. 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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.