Ark Bolingbroke Academy
Wakehurst Road, London, SW11 6BF
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
- Principal
- Claire Edis
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- ARK Schools
- Constituency
- Battersea
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 800
- Pupils on roll
- 793
- URN
- 138267
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02079248200
About this school
Ark Bolingbroke Academy is a secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 793 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 112 | 115 | 110 |
| Attainment 8 score | 56.2 | 61.3 | 60.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.88 +0.62 to +1.15 | +1.04 +0.78 to +1.31 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 67% | 84.3% | 79.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 87% | 88.7% | 91.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 42% | 61.7% | 56.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ark Bolingbroke Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Wandsworth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56.2 | 38.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 61.3 | 39.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 60.2 | 38 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 773 |
| 2023/24 | 770 |
| 2024/25 | 770 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ark Bolingbroke Academy compares
Ark Bolingbroke Academy ranked 3rd of 11 secondary schools in Wandsworth for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 93% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60.2 | 6.4% | 32.9% | 793 | — |
| Chestnut Grove Academy | 55.1 | 7.1% | 28.8% | 1,327 | 1.0 miles |
| The Elms Academy | 52.8 | 6.7% | 56.6% | 865 | 1.2 miles |
| La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School | 48.8 | 5.6% | 45.4% | 1,197 | 1.2 miles |
| Harris Academy Battersea | 49.8 | 8.3% | 62.6% | 890 | 1.2 miles |
| Ernest Bevin Academy | 44.6 | 8.7% | 46.5% | 572 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.89%
- English as an additional language
- 26.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.39%
- Persistent absence
- 15.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Chestnut Grove Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · London
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The Elms Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · London
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La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School1.2 miles
Secondary · London
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Harris Academy Battersea1.2 miles
Secondary · London
-
Ernest Bevin Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Ark Bolingbroke Academy ranks 35th of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
- Ark Evelyn Grace Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ark Bolingbroke Academy teach?
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the principal of Ark Bolingbroke Academy?
- The principal of Ark Bolingbroke Academy is Claire Edis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ark Bolingbroke Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ark Bolingbroke Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Ark Bolingbroke Academy?
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy has 793 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Ark Bolingbroke Academy full?
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy has capacity for 800 pupils and 793 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Ark Bolingbroke Academy a faith school?
- No. Ark Bolingbroke Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Ark Bolingbroke Academy a selective school?
- No. Ark Bolingbroke Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Ark Bolingbroke Academy?
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy is part of ARK SCHOOLS. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Ark Bolingbroke Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 56.2 in 2022/23 and 60.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ark Bolingbroke Academy rank locally?
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy ranked 3rd of 11 secondary schools in Wandsworth for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 93% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ark Bolingbroke Academy's absence rate?
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ark Bolingbroke Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ark Bolingbroke Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.