Ark Charter Academy is a secondary school located in Southsea. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 01/12/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 9.1%, which is 5.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Hyde Park Road, Southsea, PO5 4HL
Website: http://charteracademy.org.uk/
Telephone: 02392824204
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Portsmouth
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Fiona Chapman
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 135965

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 01/12/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 800
Number of Pupils: 772
Number of Boys: 396
Number of Girls: 376

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 9.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 25.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.51 Confidence interval -0.76 to -0.26
Of the 107 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 101 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:48%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:37%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:40.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.81
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ark Ayrton Primary Academy
Somers Road , Southsea PO5 4LS
3out of 4 428 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School
Cottage View , Landport PO1 1PX
4out of 4 588 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Cottage Grove Primary School
Chivers Close , PO5 1HG
3out of 4 638 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery
Fyning Street , PO1 1FG
3out of 4 779 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Penhale Infant School & Nursery
Lincoln Road , Fratton PO1 5BG
3out of 4 1,112 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ark Charter Academy
Hyde Park Road , PO5 4HL
3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Edmund's Catholic School
Arundel Street , PO1 1RX
4out of 4 359 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Priory School
Fawcett Road , PO4 0DL
3out of 4 888 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
The Portsmouth Academy
St Mary's Road , PO1 5PF
3out of 4 1,404 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Miltoncross Academy
Milton Road , Milton PO3 6RB
3out of 4 2,184 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Mayfield School
Mayfield Road , North End PO2 0RH
3out of 4 3,281 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
University of Portsmouth
University House , Winston Churchill Avenue PO1 2UP
- not rated 431 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St John's College
Grove Road South , PO5 3QW
- not rated 974 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
The Portsmouth Grammar School
High Street , Old Portsmouth PO1 2LN
- not rated 1,044 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Portsmouth High School
25 Kent Road , Southsea PO5 3EQ
- not rated 1,073 yd Other independent school Yes Girls More About School
Madani Academy
Merefield House , Nutfield Place PO1 4JZ
- not rated 1,354 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.