Ark John Keats Academy
All-through · Free schools · Ages 4–19 · London, Enfield
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Enfield Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 0.538 mi
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ark John Keats Academy is an all-through school in London, Enfield for ages 4–19 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Enfield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Ark John Keats Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2026 | 0.538 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, whereas places ran out (a last distance was published) in 4 of the 5 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 71 first-choice applications for 72 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.538 miles from the school.
- A level 2024/25: average grade B- (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level above average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Enfield schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bell Lane, London, EN3 5PA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Enfield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,732 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Ark John Keats Academy are polite and friendly.”
- “This is an inclusive school where pupils treat each other with respect and kindness.”
- “Staff encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own actions.”
To improve
- “However, in key stages 2 and 3 in particular, some teachers teach new content too quickly.”
- “They do not give pupils enough time or opportunity to consolidate their learning.”
- “There is occasional low-level disruption in the secondary phase, in particular in Years 7 to 9.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 63% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 49% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 71 first-preference applications, 72 offers in total, 71 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 238 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 174 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Enfield.
- Salmons Brook School 0.1 mi Not judged
- Fern House School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Durants School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Freshsteps Independent school 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Russet House School 0.9 mi Good
- Waverley School 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding
- Orchardside School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Oasis Academy Hadley 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published