Ark Evelyn Grace Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Good
Feb 25 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Lambeth
Unique reference
135389
Address
255 Shakespeare Road, Lambeth, SE24 0QN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
348 (37% of total capacity)
Boys
51.7%
Girls
48.3%
First language not English
36.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
61.8%
Persistent absence
29.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.5%
Pupil ethnicities
African 28.2%
Mixed 19.8%
Caribbean 17.2%
Other White 9.5%
Other 8%
Unclassified 5.2%
White British 4.3%
Other Black 2.9%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Other Asian 1.4%
Indian 0.9%
Pakistani 0.9%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 51%
Local authority average 49%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.7
Local authority average 45.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.75
Local authority average 4.09
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE2
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE81
English LiteratureGCSE80
FrenchGCSE1
GeographyGCSE37
HistoryGCSE30
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Ark Evelyn Grace Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
46
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
22
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
27
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
22
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
44
24
20
Year 8
55
29
26
Year 9
83
38
45
Year 10
77
41
36
Year 11
89
48
41
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
89.2%
85.5%
Further education
32.0%
27.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
39.0%
52.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
8.0%
8.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
5.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
8.0%
4.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023