Ark Charter Academy
Hyde Park Road, Southsea, PO5 4HL
Local ranking9th of 12 secondary schools in Portsmouth
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 38.9
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.9%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.5%
- Entering EBacc
- 38.1%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5
- Cohort Size
- 181
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 917
- Boys
- 481 (52%)
- Girls
- 436 (48%)
- Capacity
- 900 (102% full)
- SEND
- 21.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 61.7%
- EAL
- 38.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 18.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,612/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.9%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.9%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 49.8%
- White Other: 11.6%
- Other: 11.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 9.8%
- Mixed Other: 5.2%
- Asian Other: 3.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
49.8%
White British
11.6%
White Other
11.6%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 135965
- UKPRN
- 10027975
- Establishment No.
- 6905
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS