Ark Pioneer Academy
Secondary schoolArk Pioneer Academy is a secondary school in Barnet, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 1,107 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), September 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 13 September 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Ark Pioneer Academy was 53.8, against 56.8 in Barnet and 46.2 in England.
61.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Barnet | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 53.8 | 56.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 61.5% | 64.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 77.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 174 | – | – |
- 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 Catherine's RC SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2022. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)310 m
- Queen Elizabeth's Girls' SchoolSecondary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 61.2 (2025/26, provisional)710 m
- Lyonsdown SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file800 m
- Barnet and Southgate CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file940 m
- Underhill SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- Susi Earnshaw Theatre SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file960 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Barnet
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).