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Ark Greenwich Free School

Secondary Free school in London SE18 4LH

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  • School Reference Number: 138245
  • Address: 403 Shooters Hill Road, London SE18 4LH
  • Headteacher: Rhys Spiers (Executive Principal) Tehrim Valibhai (Head of School)
  • Telephone: 020 8319 3692
  • Website: arkgreenwichfreeschool.org
  • Managing Organisation: ARK Schools
  • Type: Free Schools
  • Sub-Type: Free schools
  • Phase: Secondary
  • Pupil Capacity: 600
  • Local Education Authority: Greenwich
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 11 to 18
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective
  • Active From: September 2012* (New Provision)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 25/04/2023

Rating published on 02/07/2023

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding

Quality of education: Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding

Personal development: Outstanding

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
25 April 2023 3 July 2023 School inspection Outstanding
17 November 2021 15 February 2022 Monitoring visit
11 February 2020 27 May 2020 School inspection
17 May 2016 13 June 2016 Full inspection Good
14 July 2014 1 September 2014 Monitoring visit
11 February 2014 24 April 2014 Full inspection Requires Improvement

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Unique Reference Number138245
Local Authority Code203
Local Authority NameGreenwich
Establishment Number4001
School / College NameArk Greenwich Free School
Establishment Type Code35
Establishment typeFree schools
Establishment Type Group Code11
Establishment Type GroupFree Schools
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code06
Reason establishment openedNew Provision
Open date01-09-2012
Reason Establishment Closed Code00
Reason establishment closedNot applicable
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 4
Phase of educationSecondary
Age range Low11
Age range High18
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code06
Religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity600
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils599
Number of Boys347
Number of Girls252
Percentage Free School Meals32.10
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code2157
Academy trust or TrustARK SCHOOLS
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorARK Schools
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10037569
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date15-11-2024
Street403 Shooters Hill Road
Locality
Address3
TownLondon
County (name)
PostcodeSE18 4LH
Websitehttp://www.arkgreenwichfreeschool.org/
Telephone02083193692
Headteacher/Principal title
Headteacher/Principal first nameRhys Spiers (Executive Principal)
Headteacher/Principal last nameTehrim Valibhai (Head of School)
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provision
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providers
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provisionResourced provision and SEN unit
Resourced provision number on roll7
Resourced provision capacity7
SEN unit number on roll3
SEN unit capacity3
Government Office Region CodeH
Government Office RegionLondon
District CodeE09000011
DistrictGreenwich
Ward CodeE05014093
WardWoolwich Common
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001257
Parliamentary ConstituencyGreenwich and Woolwich
Urban/Rural CodeA1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
GSS LA CodeE09000011
Easting542669
Northing176775
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Greenwich 015
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Greenwich 015C
Inspectorate NameOfsted
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number2000
Country
UPRN10010199200
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02000327
LSOA CodeE01001701
Free School Meals192
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN138245
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/138245
LAESTAB2034001
School nameArk Greenwich Free School
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationFree School
School open date01/09/2012
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionLondon
RegionLondon
Local authorityGreenwich
Parliamentary constituencyGreenwich and Woolwich
Multi-academy trust UID2157
Multi-academy trust nameARK SCHOOLS
Academy sponsor UID2156
Academy sponsor nameARK Schools
PostcodeSE18 4LH
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile4
Total number of pupils599
Statutory lowest age11
Statutory highest age18
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10255315
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date25/04/2023
Publication date02/07/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection138245
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection2034001
School name at time of latest graded inspectionArk Greenwich Free School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionFree School
Current school type used for chart C6Free school
Overall effectivenessOutstanding
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and managementOutstanding
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection number10011902
Previous inspection start date17/05/2016
Previous publication date13/06/2016
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection138245
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection2034001
School name at time of previous graded inspectionArk Greenwich Free School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionFree School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness2
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?Yes
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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