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Ark Greenwich Free School

URN
138245
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Ark Greenwich Free School
URN
138245
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Exceptional

90 / 100

Exceptional

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

100

Admissions Value

73

Destinations

55

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 10% of secondary schools in England

Top 10% nationally

#1 of 14 schools in Greenwich

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
2 July 2023
Inspection date
25 April 2023
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Outstanding

    Graded 2 July 2023

  • Quality of education

    Outstanding

    Graded 2 July 2023

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

113

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

1,139

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

113

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

10.08×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Greenwich
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Greenwich)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.arkgreenwichfreeschool.org/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Greenwich to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

68.2

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

90.2%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

98.0%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

70.6%

EBacc achievement

Location

SE18 4LH - 403 Shooters Hill Road, London

Contact details

Address
403 Shooters Hill Road, London
Postcode
SE18 4LH
Phone
2083193692
Website
http://www.arkgreenwichfreeschool.org/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Greenwich
Local authority code
203

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 212 schools in Greenwich.

Authority statistics

Total schools

212

Open schools

107

Closed schools

105

Primary schools

112

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 2 July 2023

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 2 July 2023

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 2 July 2023

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    2 July 202325 April 2023S5 InspectionOutstandingView report for inspection published 2 July 2023
    26 May 202012 February 2020-School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextView report for inspection published 26 May 2020
    • Outstanding

      Published
      2 July 2023
      Inspected
      25 April 2023
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

      Published
      26 May 2020
      Inspected
      12 February 2020
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    9.9%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 90

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    68.6%

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    94.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    4.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    29

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary112 (54.4%)
    • Secondary29 (14.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other65 (31.6%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Shooters Hill604 mPrimaryOpen
    Eaglesfield School614 mSecondaryClosed
    Corelli College698 mSecondaryClosed
    Kidbrooke School698 mSecondaryClosed
    Shooters Hill Sixth Form College712 m16 plusOpen
    Shooters Hill Post-16 Campus712 m16 plusClosed
    Leigh Academy Halley864 mSecondaryOpen
    Woolwich Common Nursery School1.0 kmNurseryClosed
    Full Circle Education1.0 kmNot applicableClosed
    Eglinton Junior School1.0 kmPrimaryClosed
    • Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Shooters Hill
      Distance
      604 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Eaglesfield School
      Distance
      614 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Corelli College
      Distance
      698 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Kidbrooke School
      Distance
      698 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Greenwich)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abbey Wood SchoolSecondarySE2 9AJClosed
    Blackheath Bluecoat Church of England SchoolSecondarySE3 8SYClosed
    Corelli CollegeSecondarySE3 8EPClosed
    Crown Woods CollegeSecondarySE9 2QNClosed
    Eaglesfield SchoolSecondarySE18 4LDClosed
    • Abbey Wood School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SE2 9AJ
      Status
      Closed
    • Blackheath Bluecoat Church of England School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SE3 8SY
      Status
      Closed
    • Corelli College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SE3 8EP
      Status
      Closed
    • Crown Woods College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      SE9 2QN
      Status
      Closed
    • Eaglesfield School
    Shooters Hill Sixth Form College
    Distance
    712 m
    Phase
    16 plus
    Status
    Open
  • Shooters Hill Post-16 Campus
    Distance
    712 m
    Phase
    16 plus
    Status
    Closed
  • Leigh Academy Halley
    Distance
    864 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Woolwich Common Nursery School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Closed
  • Full Circle Education
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Eglinton Junior School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    SE18 4LD
    Status
    Closed