Ark Globe Academy
All-through schoolArk Globe Academy is a all-through school in Southwark, for pupils aged 3 to 18. It had 1,272 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 6 May 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Exceptional
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 75% of pupils at Ark Globe Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 70% in Southwark and 62% in England.
11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Ark Globe Academy was 46.4, against 51.4 in Southwark and 46.2 in England.
42.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Southwark | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 70% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 12% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 106 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Southwark | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 46.4 | 51.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42.5% | 55.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69.4% | 73.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 160 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), November 2022. Attainment 8 of 48.4 (2025/26, provisional)250 m
- Imperial Oak SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file270 m
- Victory Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)330 m
- London Christian SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file520 m
- English Martyrs' Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)580 m
- Beormund Primary SchoolSpecial. Outstanding (overall), June 2024590 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Southwark
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).