Ark All Saints Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 568 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
Free schools
The Charter School Bermondsey
- Pupils on roll
- 497of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 54.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 59
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 17 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
The Charter School Bermondsey has no sixth form. Of the 79 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 13% moved to a sixth form college, 42% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Drama is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.9 against 46.1 across England and 52.1 in Southwark, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, The Charter School Bermondsey is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Southwark and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Southwark | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 79 | 3,117 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 23% | 58% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 13% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 42% | 21% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Southwark | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 40.9 | 52.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 55% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 73% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 76% | 67% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.80 | 4.82 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 64% | 45% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.8 | 44.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.8 | 58.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 24% | 33% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 59 | 100% | 88% | 7% | 22% | 58% |
| Combined Science | 59 | 100% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 54% |
| English Language | 59 | 100% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 49% |
| English Literature | 59 | 100% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 68% |
| Geography | 34 | 58% | 41% | 12% | 25% | 38% |
| French | 31 | 53% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 45% |
| History | 23 | 39% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 61% |
| Drama | 17 | 29% | 7% | 6% | 27% | 76% |
| Spanish | 17 | 29% | 19% | 18% | 27% | 24% |
| Fine Art | 15 | 25% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 67% |
| Citizenship Studies | 15 | 25% | 3% | 20% | 19% | 67% |
| Religious Studies | 10 | 17% | 31% | 10% | 32% | 30% |
| Urdu | 1 | 2% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 2% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 18 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Southwark
Ark Globe Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4
Ark Walworth Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 973 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3
Bacon's College
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,025 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4
City of London Academy (Southwark)
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,589 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.9
Harris Academy Bermondsey
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 781 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.6
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.