Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Southwark
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Exceptional | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Exceptional | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Exceptional | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional |
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 4 Exceptional, 4 Strong standard
- 30 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry310 applications · 81 places offered · 57 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 3.8; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2025 3.7; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2024 3.8; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2023 3.1; Southwark median median 3.2
- 2022 3.1; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2021 2.8; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2020 3.5; Southwark median median 3.2
- 2019 2.8; Southwark median median 3.3
- 2018 3.1; Southwark median median 3.4
- 2017 2.9; Southwark median median 3.1
- 2016 2.4; Southwark median median 2.8
- 2015 2.9; Southwark median median 2.8
- 2014 3.2; Southwark median median 3.2
- This school
- Southwark median
Reception entry, September 2026: 1.6 per place (54 applications for 34 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 81 | 310 | 3.8 | 57 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2025 | 82 | 306 | 3.7 | 60 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2024 | 103 | 394 | 3.8 | 72 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2023 | 125 | 388 | 3.1 | 79 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2022 | 144 | 446 | 3.1 | 101 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2021 | 139 | 393 | 2.8 | 78 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2020 | 119 | 411 | 3.5 | 72 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2019 | 155 | 439 | 2.8 | 87 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2018 | 127 | 387 | 3.1 | 46 | 0.36 |
| Sep 2017 | 136 | 389 | 2.9 | 61 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2016 | 168 | 409 | 2.4 | 93 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2015 | 126 | 360 | 2.9 | 52 | 0.41 |
| Sep 2014 | 131 | 422 | 3.2 | 61 | 0.47 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 160 | 46.4 | 43% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 155 | 48.4 | 49% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 164 | 46.9 | 52% | 66% | +0.22 |
| 2022/23 | 145 | 47.8 | 44% | 74% | +0.31 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ark Globe AcademyThis schoolThis school20263.8applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · SouthwarkGood20223.0applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Southwark202632.6Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · SouthwarkGood20242.9applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Southwark20263.0applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · SouthwarkRemains Good20233.1applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · SouthwarkGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 54.2Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · LambethOutstanding20244.9applications per place 56.7Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · SouthwarkGraded · no overall grade20253.8applications per place 58.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 135584 · 210/6912
- Trust
- Ark Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,645 pupils · 1,272 on roll
- Free school meals
- 64.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2008
- Address
- Harper Road, London, SE1 6AG
- Local authority
- Southwark
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources