Ark Pioneer Academy | School performance

80%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

62%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

56.0

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

86%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

984.7

EBacc APS · 2024/25

998

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

62%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

56.0

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

86%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

984.7

EBacc APS · 2024/25

998

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

62%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

56.0

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

86%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

984.7

EBacc APS · 2024/25

998

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

18%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 13/09/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBarnet

PhaseSecondary with sixth form with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio16.0:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious character—

StatusOpen

Overview of Ark Pioneer Academy · Secondary with sixth form · Barnet

Part ofARK SCHOOLS

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2021/22

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

80%

-2pp

82%81%80%

'24'25

'25 · 80%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

62%

-4pp

66%64%62%

'24'25

'25 · 62%

Attainment 8

56.0

+1.7

56.055.154.3

'24'25

'25 · 56.0

EBacc entry

86%

+3pp

86%85%84%

'24'25

'25 · 86%

EBacc APS

984.7

+41.9

984.7963.7942.8

'24'25

'25 · 984.7

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

998

Pupil : teacher ratio

16.0

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

33%

FSM eligible

40%

SEN

16%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

18%

Contact

Address

Westcombe Drive, Barnet, EN5 2BE

Local authority

Barnet

Website

https://arkpioneer.org/

Telephone

02037874090

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	80%	62%	56.0	Not applicable	86%	984.7	86%	998
2023/24	82%	66%	54.3	+0.57	84%	942.8	84%	896
2022/23	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	720
2021/22	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	537

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	998	16.1	16%	33%	40%	7%	18%
2023/24	896	14.5	16%	34%	37%	6%	16%
2022/23	720	14.1	13%	35%	35%	6%	18%
2021/22	537	14.5	9%	32%	36%	6%	19%
2020/21	353	14.1	9%	31%	38%	—	—