Ark Acton Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · London, Ealing
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Ealing Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ark Acton Academy is a secondary school in London, Ealing for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023. Ealing has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Ark Acton 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, 23 first-choice applications for 155 offers; 22 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 0.1 first choices per offer, the lowest of 16 Ealing secondary schools; 133 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 33% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 42.1 (England 46).
- In 2024/25 the A level average grade was C- (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level below average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Ealing schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, London, W3 8EY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Ealing
- Pupils on roll
- 752 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “The school’s leaders are determined to make sure that all pupils, whatever their starting point, succeed academically.”
- “Leaders have established strong routines that prepare all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), for success.”
- “Pupils know and aspire to model the school’s values of honesty, hard work and kindness.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, curriculum teaching moves on before pupils have learned and memorised subject content securely.”
- “As a consequence, sometimes pupils struggle to understand what they are taught next.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 23 first-preference applications, 155 offers in total, 22 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Ealing.
- Ark Soane Academy 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Twyford Church of England High School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ealing Fields Church of England High School 1.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Elthorne Park High School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Drayton Manor High School 2.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brentside High School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published