Ark Soane Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–19 · London, Ealing
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.960 miles
4 Distance · Published by Ealing Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ark Soane Academy is a secondary school in London, Ealing for ages 11–19 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 6 March 2024. Ealing has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Ark Soane 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 | 0.960 mi |
| 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, the last child offered a place lived 0.960 miles away, the 5th longest of 10 Ealing secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Compared with 2025, the Year 7 last distance in 2026 moved nearer the school, the sharpest move between any of its published years.
- Year 7 2026 drew 151 first-choice applications for 189 offers; 115 offers went to first-choice families, and 36 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Of pupils on roll, 55.6% are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Ealing is 35.4%.
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, Ealing, London, W3 8EA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Ealing
- Pupils on roll
- 874 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 6 March 2024
Strengths
- “This is a school where pupils excel.”
- “Pupils and staff are proud to be a part of this school community.”
- “Parents and carers are highly supportive of the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 151 first-preference applications, 189 offers in total, 115 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.
- Twyford Church of England High School 0.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ark Acton Academy 0.2 mi Good 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 1.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Elthorne Park High School 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Drayton Manor High School 2.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brentside High School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published