Academy sponsor led

Ark All Saints Academy

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth form · Church of EnglandSouthwark, London · London SE5 0UBTrust: Ark SchoolsSchool website
Pupils on roll
568of 600 places
Free school meals
60.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
114
Ofsted
School remains Good, 3 November 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Michael and All Angels CofE Academy (URN 135375, until 22 May 2013).

What the data says

Of the 125 pupils who finished Year 11 at Ark All Saints Academy in 2023, 47% stayed on in Ark All Saints Academy’s own sixth form (Southwark average 58%), 29% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 82% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.2 against 46.1 across England and 52.1 in Southwark, with 41% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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.

Ark All Saints Academy
Southwark
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureArk All Saints AcademySouthwarkEngland
Pupils in the cohort1253,117607,348
Any sustained destination92%94%92%
Stayed in education90%92%86%
— school sixth form47%58%34%
— sixth form college14%10%13%
— further education college29%21%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship2%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination5%4%6%
Destination unknown3%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureArk All Saints AcademySouthwarkEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)45.252.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths62%73%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects83%67%41%
EBacc average point score4.084.824.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort66%45%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils43.744.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils48.158.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language36%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Literature114100%86%23%21%77%
English Language114100%89%15%20%67%
Mathematics114100%88%14%22%66%
Combined Science11399%65%12%9%55%
Religious Studies11399%31%27%32%62%
Spanish9382%19%13%27%47%
History6355%41%13%26%37%
Geography5649%41%7%25%63%
Fine Art3329%9%18%28%85%
Computer Science2623%13%38%30%81%
Drama2522%7%24%27%72%
Physical Education2018%11%10%24%40%
Music1412%5%0%33%57%
French33%18%29%
Italian11%0%53%
Arabic11%1%47%
Portuguese11%0%50%
Turkish11%0%71%

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

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.