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Ark Elvin Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,314Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 141019URN

Cecil Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex, London, HA9 7DU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
0.4 above Brent median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Brent

603 applications for 205 places · 5th of 16 in Brent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.9of 90
13th of 15 in Brent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 14 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.9applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Brent median (2.5) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

603 applications · 205 places offered · 160 named it first

  1. 2026 2.9; Brent median median 2.5
  2. 2025 3.2; Brent median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.9; Brent median median 2.8
  4. 2023 2.5; Brent median median 2.5
  5. 2022 1.8; Brent median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.7; Brent median median 2.3
  7. 2020 1.6; Brent median median 2.4
  8. 2019 1.2; Brent median median 2.5
  9. 2018 1.3; Brent median median 2.6
  10. 2017 1.9; Brent median median 2.9
  11. 2016 1.4; Brent median median 3.0
  12. 2015 1.6; Brent median median 2.5
  13. 2014 2.0; Brent median median 2.6; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Brent median

Dashed bars: as Copland Community School (URN 101558), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262056032.91600.78
Sep 20252106673.21480.70
Sep 20242106162.91520.72
Sep 20232055072.51510.74
Sep 20222384381.81280.54
Sep 20212173651.7870.40
Sep 20202233561.6750.34
Sep 20192573171.2720.28
Sep 20182302911.3440.19
Sep 20171372601.9310.23
Sep 20162082841.4420.20
Sep 20151662571.6490.30
Sep 2014 *851702.0200.24

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

207 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.913th of 15 in Brent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%13th of 15 in Brent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths55%
  • This school
  • Brent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.35
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20740.936%55%–
2024/2519945.943%67%–
2023/2420543.439%57%+0.35
2022/2320740.029%51%+0.67

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

  • 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
Secondary
URN · DfE number
141019 · 304/4001
Trust
Ark Schools
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 1,314 on roll
Free school meals
42.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2014
Replaced
Copland Community School (URN 101558)
Address
Cecil Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex, London, HA9 7DU
Local authority
Brent

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources