Ark White City Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · London, Hammersmith and Fulham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hammersmith & Fulham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ark White City Primary Academy is a primary school in London, Hammersmith and Fulham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 March 2025. Hammersmith and Fulham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Ark White City Primary 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 |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Of pupils on roll, 61.8% are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hammersmith and Fulham is 41.6%.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 16 of the 35 other Hammersmith and Fulham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 33 first-choice applications for 45 offers, and the school has published 60 places for Reception 2027.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hammersmith and Fulham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 3 Edcity Walk, Edcity, London, W12 7PT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Pupils on roll
- 306 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 61.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 March 2025
Strengths
- “This is a happy and welcoming school where pupils are well cared for.”
- “Many pupils arrive early, excited to join their friends at breakfast club.”
- “All pupils are warmly greeted by staff.”
To improve
- “However, recent published outcomes were not reflective of this ambition.”
- “However, in some instances, despite regularly revisiting prior learning, some pupils struggle with the tasks they are set.”
- “This is because, sometimes, teaching has not checked that pupils have fully understood the knowledge needed to access these tasks.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (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) | 64% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 33 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 33 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hammersmith and Fulham.
- St John XXIII Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ark Bentworth Primary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Wormholt Park Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Miles Coverdale Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ark Conway Primary Academy 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Greenside Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Old Oak Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published