All-through
Ark Academy
Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JR
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1639 of 1650 places
- Local authority
- Brent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Sixth formStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
February 2022
Previous framework
Outstanding
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
GCSE results
51%
51.5
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 82% |
| Working at a higher standard | 11% |
| Attainment 8 | 51.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.92 |
| Entered the EBacc | 83% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% |
| A level average points per entry | 38.28 |
| A level students | 101 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 82% |
| 23/24 | 78% |
| 24/25 | 82% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 67% |
| 22/23 | 61% |
| 23/24 | 58% |
| 24/25 | 51% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.2 |
| 22/23 | 35.1 |
| 23/24 | 38.4 |
| 24/25 | 38.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Brent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Delia Smith
- Address
- Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JR
- Telephone
- 02083854370