Ark Walworth Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- London, SE1 5UJ
- Distance
- 0.7km away
South Bank University Academy
Trafalgar Street, London, SE17 2TP
Local ranking20th of 20 secondary schools in Southwark
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 17 August 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 19.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 112
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 61.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 16.0%
- Employment
- 13.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25D+
Avg A-Level Grade
24.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
24.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
17
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 107
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 491
- Boys
- 321 (65%)
- Girls
- 170 (35%)
- Capacity
- 900 (55% full)
- SEND
- 11.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 55.3%
- EAL
- 40.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 8.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 12.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,801/yr
*Financial data not available for 2024-25 — showing 2022-23
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 35.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Black African: 31.2%
- Mixed Other: 13.4%
- Other: 12.3%
- Black Caribbean: 11.0%
- White Other: 10.6%
- White British: 7.2%
- Black Other: 4.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.6%
31.2%
Black African
13.4%
Mixed Other
12.3%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 140221
- UKPRN
- 10043502
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- SOUTH BANK ACADEMIES
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