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ARK John Archer Primary Academy

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  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Wandsworth
  • SW11 2AA

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 6,257 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 42%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 72%72%2016/17: top 90%2017/18: top 79%2018/19: top 96%2022/23: top 47%2023/24: top 30%30% · 2023/242024/25: top 42%No exams

Against London

Expected standard, RWM67% · London 72%Small cohort: 27 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM15% · London 12%Small cohort: 27 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score104 · London 107Small cohort: 27 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score103 · London 107Small cohort: 27 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 44% · 39 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 41% · 44 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 54% · 41 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 38% · 37 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 63% · 32 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 70% · 30 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 67% · 27 pupils · London 72%70%38%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 8% · 39 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 2% · 44 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 0% · 41 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 5% · 37 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 6% · 32 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 10% · 30 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 15% · 27 pupils · London 12%15%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 103 · 39 pupils · London 1032016/17: 101 · 44 pupils · London 1052017/18: 102 · 41 pupils · London 1062018/19: 99 · 37 pupils · London 1062022/23: 103 · 32 pupils · London 1062023/24: 104 · 30 pupils · London 1072024/25: 104 · 27 pupils · London 10710499No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 39 pupils · London 1042016/17: 100 · 44 pupils · London 1062017/18: 101 · 41 pupils · London 1062018/19: 100 · 37 pupils · London 1072022/23: 101 · 32 pupils · London 1062023/24: 103 · 30 pupils · London 1062024/25: 103 · 27 pupils · London 107103100No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
19 of 19 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1919
2nd114
3rd132
Last distance offered
  • 2026/27All offered
  • 2025/26All offered
  • 2024/25All offered
  • 2023/24All offered
  • 2022/23All offered
  • 2020/21885 m

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Goodas predecessor
  2. 2011Goodas predecessor
  3. 2015Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2017Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · 2 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Jan 2023

Strengths

  • “Pupils are happy and proud of their school.”
  • “They have positive, respectful relationships with school staff and each other.”
  • “Pupils enjoy participating in energetic sports and games, together with school staff, at breaktimes.”

To improve

  • “In a few subjects, leaders have not identified the most important knowledge for pupils to know and remember from the early years onwards.”
  • “Consequently, sometimes teaching tries to cover too much content.”
  • “Sometimes, assessments used by leaders and teachers are too general.”

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

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026195
Free school meals (past 6 years)73.3%
First language not English26.2%
SEN support17.3%
EHC plan6.4%
Absence (sessions missed)5.8%
Persistently absent pupils16.6%

Girls 52%Boys 48%

46.5% full · 419 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.9
Pupils per adult10.5
  • Classroom teachers 8.4
  • Leadership 2.5
  • Teaching assistants 6.8
  • Other support 7.6

Teachers 10.9 FTE · Whole workforce 25.3 · 29 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,807
Spend per pupil£9,649
Staff spend per pupil£7,089
Reserve per pupil−£3,243
  • −£655,000revenue reserve
  • +£32,000in-year balance

Grants £9,723 · self-generated £84 · premises £817 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