Ark The King's SchoolEst. 1139
StateSecondary
Profile updated · DfE GIASTRI £4,000/teacherGoodOct 2022
Ages11 - 16
Pupils1,041
Inspected Oct 2022 · View report
The answers
51.8
Attainment 8
2025-26 (provisional)
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Admissions · 0.9 first-choice applicants per place (Year 7, 2026-27)
0.9 first-choice applicants per place
Source · the council's offer figures and DfE admissions statistics, 2026-27
Inspection · Good, Oct 2022 (4 years ago)
Source · Ofsted · Inspected Oct 2022
Results · Attainment 8 51.8 (2025-26, provisional)
Source · DfE school performance tables
Outcomes · 82% in sustained education after Year 11 · 2023-24 leavers (provisional)
Source · DfE key stage 4 destination measures
Money · £6,556 spent per pupil (2024-25)
Total spending per pupil (academy accounts return)
Source · DfE financial benchmarking, 2024-25
School facts · Academy · Secondary · 11 - 16
Type
Academy
Phase
Secondary
Age Range
11 - 16
Gender
Co-educational
Sixth Form
No
Headteacher
Ms Lyndsay Harris
Where this data comes from
DfE GIASschool register· Aug 2026DfE School Censusabsence & staffingOfsted Parent Viewrecommend rateFSAfood hygieneInspectorategrade & date· Oct 2022IMD 2025deprivation
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Key Metrics
Comparative & Financial
Borough ComparisonAbsence 6.6% — below the average for secondary schools in this borough
School Capacity1,046 pupils on roll — 94.0% of capacity · DfE capacity survey 2024-25
Key admissions dates · Applications closed Sat 31 Oct 2026 · offers Mon 1 Mar 2027
The area · Deprivation decile 9 of 10 (IMD 2025)
Place & Setting
Around the schoolcrime · road safety · green space · road noise · air quality · energy rating
Data from:Inspection: Oct 2022Results: 2025-26Admissions: 2026-27Profile updated: Aug 2026Some data may be outdatedReport stale data
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How close did you need to live?
September 2026 entry: 181 of 188 who put it first were offered a place; 487 applied for 210 places.
We can’t say from this how far away a family could live and still get a place.
Ark The King's School: key facts
What did Ofsted judge Ark The King's School's overall effectiveness to be?
Ofsted judged Ark The King's School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in October 2022, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Ark The King's School?
Ark The King's School has 1,041 pupils on roll.
What are Ark The King's School’s exam results?
In 2025-26 (DfE’s provisional figures), its average Attainment 8 score was 51.8: DfE’s measure of pupils’ results across eight GCSE-level subjects. Trends and the detail behind each figure are on the Results tab.