Ark Greenwich Free School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Apr 25 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Greenwich
Unique reference
138245
Address
403 Shooters Hill Road, SE18 4LH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
601 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
55.9%
Girls
44.1%
First language not English
20.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.1%
Persistent absence
13.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.8%
Pupil ethnicities
African 28.5%
Mixed 16.8%
White British 15.3%
Other White 12.1%
Other 5.3%
Unclassified 5.2%
Caribbean 3.7%
Other Asian 3.5%
Chinese 3.2%
Indian 2.2%
Other Black 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Pakistani 1.2%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 48%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 89%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 68.1
Local authority average 46.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.46
Local authority average 4.19
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE10
BiologyGCSE16
ChemistryGCSE16
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE102
English LiteratureGCSE102
FrenchGCSE42
GeographyGCSE43
HistoryGCSE82
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Ark Greenwich Free School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
113
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
293
2nd preference
281
3rd preference
225
From another Local Authority
164
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
90
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes25.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
129
65
64
Year 8
128
76
52
Year 9
124
70
54
Year 10
118
67
51
Year 11
102
58
44
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
88.7%
85.5%
Further education
1.0%
14.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
73.0%
54.0%
35.2%
Sixth form college
20.0%
20.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023