Ark Bolingbroke Academy

Term dates

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

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Wandsworth'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, 240 families put this school as their first choice, and 130 places were offered. 108 of the families who put it first got a place (45%). 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.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 24 September 2024. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Sixth form

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

Free school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

793 (capacity 800)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

ARK SCHOOLS

Phone

02079248200

Address

Wakehurst Road, London, SW11 6BF

Website

arkbolingbrokeacademy.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports