Secondary school

Ark Elvin Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Brent
  • HA9 7DU
  • Sixth form

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,601 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 49%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 98%98%2016/17: top 98%2017/18: top 97%2018/19: top 89%2021/22: top 68%2022/23: top 79%2023/24: top 62%2024/25: top 49%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2021/22

Attainment 845.9 · London 50.14/10 Below+15.4 pts
Grade 5+ English and maths43.2% · London 51.8%3/10 Below+7.3 pts
EBacc point score4.45 · London 4.565/10 Middle+11.5 pts
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.35 · London +0.326/10 Middle
A level points per entryNot enough data · London 34.7Suppressed in 2024/25 (too few pupils to publish)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 38.1 · 213 pupils · London 522016/17: 32.2 · 161 pupils · London 49.32017/18: 33.6 · 157 pupils · London 492018/19: 37.8 · 174 pupils · London 49.52021/22: 44.8 · 183 pupils · London 52.82022/23: 40 · 207 pupils · London 50.552023/24: 43.4 · 205 pupils · London 50.62024/25: 45.9 · 199 pupils · London 50.1545.932.2No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 21% · 161 pupils · London 48%2017/18: 20% · 157 pupils · London 48%2018/19: 28% · 174 pupils · London 48%2021/22: 46% · 183 pupils · London 58%2022/23: 29% · 207 pupils · London 53.5%2023/24: 39% · 205 pupils · London 55.5%2024/25: 43.2% · 199 pupils · London 51.8%46%20%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 23.71 · 20 pupils · London 29.292016/17: 21.58 · 38 pupils · London 30.582017/18: 18.99 · 34 pupils · London 30.892018/19: 9.44 · 9 pupils · London 31.532021/22: withheld (2 pupils)2022/23: withheld2023/24: withheld2024/25: withheld (2 pupils)23.719.44No exams

Withheld 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in88.1%
141 of 160 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 88.1%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st160141
2nd16537
3rd12119
Last distance offered
  • 2026/27Varies by rule
  • 2025/263.8 km
  • 2024/25Varies by rule
  • 2020/216.9 km
  • 2019/20All offered

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2013Inadequateas predecessor
  5. 2017Requires improvement
  6. 2019Good
  7. 2023Outstanding

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Read what Ofsted said (3)

From Ofsted report, inspected Jun 2023

Strengths

  • “Pupils value all that this school offers them.”
  • “They understand that all staff have their best interests at heart.”
  • “Everything that leaders do is predicated on the highest ambitions and expectations.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,314
Free school meals (past 6 years)41.8%
First language not English71.2%
SEN support12.1%
EHC plan3.1%
Absence (sessions missed)8.7%
Persistently absent pupils28.1%

Girls 43.9%Boys 56.1%

109.5% full · 1,200 places · 247 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.5
Pupils per adult10.3
  • Classroom teachers 80.3
  • Leadership 10.6
  • Teaching assistants 26.9
  • Other support 28

Teachers 90.9 FTE · Whole workforce 145.9 · 150 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,970
Spend per pupil£9,521
Staff spend per pupil£7,468
Reserve per pupil£563
  • +£735,000revenue reserve
  • +£586,000in-year balance

Grants £9,536 · self-generated £434 · premises £427 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ARK SCHOOLS (39 academies) · trust reserve £6,526,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

205 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained92.2%
  • Education91.7%
  • Apprenticeship0.5%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained2.9%
  • Unknown4.9%

After sixth form (16–18)

94 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained77.7%
  • Education64.9%
  • Higher education59.6%
  • Apprenticeship2.1%
  • Employment10.6%
  • Not sustained12.8%
  • Unknown9.6%