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Ark Soane Academy

URN
147863
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Ark Soane Academy
URN
147863
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Exceptional

100 / 100

Exceptional

Academic Outcomes

—

Inspection

100

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 1% of secondary schools in England

Top 1% nationally

#1 of 16 schools in Ealing

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

School Compass recommendation

Strongly Recommended

This school combines strong academic outcomes with a positive inspection profile.

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

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Reach choice
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than 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.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Ark Soane Academy

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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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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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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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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Ark Soane Academy

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
28 August 2025
Inspection date
6 March 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Outstanding

    Graded 28 August 2025

  • Quality of education

    Outstanding

    Graded 28 August 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

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)

195

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

477

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

195

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.45×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Ealing 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

Not published

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

Not published

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

Not published

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

Not published

EBacc achievement

Location

W3 8EA - Gunnersbury Lane, Ealing, London

Contact details

Address
Gunnersbury Lane, Ealing, London
Postcode
W3 8EA
Phone
2074308876
Website
https://arksoane.org/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Ealing
Local authority code
307

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 224 schools in Ealing.

Authority statistics

Total schools

224

Open schools

115

Closed schools

109

Primary schools

113

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 28 August 2025

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 28 August 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 28 August 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    28 August 20256 March 2024S5 InspectionOutstandingView report for inspection published 28 August 2025
    • Outstanding

      Published
      28 August 2025
      Inspected
      6 March 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

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

    Offer rate

    40.9%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 113

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

    EBacc achievement

    Not published

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

    Secondary schools

    23

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary113 (51.8%)
    • Secondary23 (10.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other82 (37.6%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Ealing Tertiary College67 m16 plusClosed
    Blooming Tree Pre Prep School101 mNot applicableOpen
    Leap Service - the National Autistics Society196 mNot applicableOpen
    Snowflake School219 mNot applicableOpen
    Twyford Church of England High School233 mSecondaryClosed
    Twyford Church of England High School233 mSecondaryOpen
    Acton High School382 mSecondaryClosed
    Ark Acton Academy385 mSecondaryOpen
    South Acton Childrens Centre478 mNurseryOpen
    St Vincent's Catholic Primary School515 mPrimaryClosed
    • Ealing Tertiary College
      Distance
      67 m
      Phase
      16 plus
      Status
      Closed
    • Blooming Tree Pre Prep School
      Distance
      101 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Leap Service - the National Autistics Society
      Distance
      196 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Snowflake School
      Distance
      219 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Ealing)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Acton High SchoolSecondaryW3 8EYClosed
    Ada Lovelace Church of England High SchoolSecondaryW5 2JXOpen
    Ark Acton AcademySecondaryW3 8EYOpen
    Brentside High SchoolSecondaryW7 1JJOpen
    Dormers Wells High SchoolSecondaryUB1 3HZClosed
    • Acton High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      W3 8EY
      Status
      Closed
    • Ada Lovelace Church of England High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      W5 2JX
      Status
      Open
    • Ark Acton Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      W3 8EY
      Status
      Open
    • Brentside High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      W7 1JJ
      Status
      Open
    • Dormers Wells High School
    Twyford Church of England High School
    Distance
    233 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Twyford Church of England High School
    Distance
    233 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Acton High School
    Distance
    382 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Ark Acton Academy
    Distance
    385 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • South Acton Childrens Centre
    Distance
    478 m
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Open
  • St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    515 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    UB1 3HZ
    Status
    Closed