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Ark Franklin Primary Academy

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Peter Watkins

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location_onLondon, NW6 6HJ

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

658

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Expected Standard

96%

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Demand Ratio

1.5x

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Ark Franklin Primary Academy is a Academy sponsor led primary school in London, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Demand is above capacity (1.5×) — apply through your local authority on time. Ranks in the top 1% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Ark Franklin Primary Academy is an academy sponsor led in London, Brent, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of ARK SCHOOLS. The school has approximately 665 pupils on roll, of whom 18% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 96% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 35% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #11 of 53 primaries in Brent and #1,356 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.5× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 24.9:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.1 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

96%

LA 65%

Reading98% LA 76%

Writing96% LA 72%

Maths98% LA 76%

Read SS

112

Maths SS

111

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

95%

LA 61%England 61%

Reading96% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing95% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths98% LA 76% · Eng 73%

Read SS

110

Maths SS

110

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

95%

LA 61%England 60%

Reading99% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Writing95% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths99% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Read SS

111

Maths SS

112

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

3.8

Read

LA 0.8

2.4 to 5.2

4.8

Write

LA 0.7

3.5 to 6.2

6.2

Maths

LA 1.7

4.9 to 7.5

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

83%

LA 67%England 65%

Reading84% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing86% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths91% LA 82% · Eng 79%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.0

Read

LA 0.9

-0.6 to 2.6

0.3

Write

LA 0.3

-1.2 to 1.8

1.4

Maths

LA 1.7

0.0 to 2.8

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 61%

Reading75% LA 71%

Writing80% LA 74%

Maths80% LA 75%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.6

Read

LA 0.2

-2.2 to 1

0.8

Write

LA 0.1

-0.8 to 2.4

1.1

Maths

LA 1.4

-0.4 to 2.6

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

11 March 2025

Inspection Report

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29 January 2020

Inspection Report

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21 June 2016

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2016-06-21

Academy First Section 5 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2012-11-27

None Legacy

Inadequate

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 665 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	665	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	669	1	0.1%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	655	3	0.5%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	649	1	0.2%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	651	1	0.2%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	654	1	0.2%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	658	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	646	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	660	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	660	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	666	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	647	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	653	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	659	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	657	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	657	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	660	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	634	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	638	1	0.2%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	634	5	0.8%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	616	2	0.3%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	623	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	618	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	611	3	0.5%	0.4%	1
2016/17 (Spring term)	616	4	0.6%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	610	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 27 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 19 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 11 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 10 pupils

Physical Disability 3 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 2 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Profound & Multiple Learning 1 pupils