Ark Academy

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Brent council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Brent's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 173 families put this school as their first choice, and 131 places were offered. 93 of the families who put it first got a place (54%). More families put it first than there were places.

How many families applied: Reception

For September 2026, 124 families put this school as their first choice, and 58 places were offered. 53 of the families who put it first got a place (43%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Before and after school

This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:

• 2 Da Stage Performing Arts & Childcare. Ofsted report

Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 14 April 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Strong standard

Curriculum and teaching

Strong standard

Achievement

Strong standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Exceptional

Early years

Expected standard

Sixth form

Strong standard

Leadership and governance

Strong standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 22 February 2022. Overall: Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

All-through

Ages

3–18

Pupils

1639 (capacity 1650)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

ARK SCHOOLS

Phone

02083854370

Address

Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9JR

Website

arkacademy.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports