Ark Isaac Newton Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B82
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Ilford, IG1 1FY
- Distance
- 0.4km away
The Palmer Catholic Academy
Aldborough Road South, Seven Kings, Ilford, IG3 8EU
Local ranking15th of 19 secondary schools in Redbridge
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1174
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 40.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.4 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 192
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 94.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 64.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 16.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
30.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
106
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.4% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 206
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1155
- Boys
- 660 (57%)
- Girls
- 495 (43%)
- Capacity
- 1174 (98% full)
- SEND
- 9.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.2%
- EAL
- 37.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 7.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,203/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 19.4%
- Asian Indian: 16.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 12.9%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 11.4%
- White Other: 8.7%
- Asian Other: 8.3%
- Black Caribbean: 4.3%
- White British: 3.9%
19.4%
Black African
16.3%
Asian Indian
12.9%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137088
- UKPRN
- 10034821
- Establishment No.
- 4800
- Trust
- THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC TRUST
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