Ark Charter Academy

Hyde Park Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 4HL

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About this school

Ark Charter Academy is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The school has 917 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (last overall grade). Last inspected 10 December 2024. The Principal is Christian Down. The school is administered by Portsmouth local authority. It belongs to ARK SCHOOLS. The school has a Church of England religious character. It opened in 1 September 2009.

School details

Principal

Christian Down

Trust

ARK SCHOOLS

Local authority

Portsmouth

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

URN

135965

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Ark Charter Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Portsmouth). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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