UK Schools
Ark Greenwich Free School
Ark Greenwich Free School is a mixed secondary free school in London, Royal Borough of Greenwich, teaching 615 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in April 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 68.2 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Ark Greenwich Free School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Ark Greenwich Free School.
- 1 School inset day
- 2–30 Autumn Term
- 19 Ark inset day
- 1–17 Autumn Term
- 21–24 School inset days
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3–30 Autumn Term Continued
- 1–19 Autumn Term Continued
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year’s Day
- 5–31 Spring Term
- 1–13 Spring Term
- 13 Ark inset day
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23–28 Spring Term Continued
- 1–27 Spring Term Continued
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13–30 Summer Term
- 1–22 Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 1–30 Summer Term Continued
- 1–17 Summer Term Continued
- 3 Ark inset day
- 20 School inset day
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- School inset day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term Sep 2–Oct 17, 2025 Term
- Ark inset day Sep 19, 2025 Inset Day
- School inset days Oct 21–24, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27–31, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term Continued Nov 3–Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025–Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
- New Year’s Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Spring Term Jan 5–Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Ark inset day Feb 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Half Term Feb 16–20, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Continued Feb 23–Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30–Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Apr 13–May 22, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25–29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Continued Jun 1–Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Ark inset day Jul 3, 2026 Inset Day
- School inset day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 21–Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Ark Greenwich Free School with Royal Borough of Greenwich and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 68.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Royal Borough of Greenwich England
Attendance 13.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Royal Borough of Greenwich England
What pupils do after GCSEs 94% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Royal Borough of Greenwich England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Ark Greenwich Free School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Ark Greenwich Free School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.