SCHOOL PROFILE

Ark Pioneer Academy: data, trends and context

Ark Pioneer Academy is a secondary school in Barnet. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
147061
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Barnet
Region
London
Trust
ARK SCHOOLS
Postcode
EN5 2BE
Gender intake
Mixed
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,107
FSM eligible
39.0%
EAL / First language other than English
31.8%
SEND (total)
16.3%
SEN Support
11.7%
EHCP
4.6%
White British
21.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.2%
Overall absence
6.8%
Persistent absence
17.7%
Severe absence
2.2%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
BarnetLocal authority93.3%6.7%2.2%
LondonRegion92.7%7.3%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
15.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
8.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
56.0
English & maths grade 5+
61.6%
English & maths grade 4+
79.7%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Ark Pioneer Academy against 25 similar schools

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Ark Pioneer Academy is a secondary school in Barnet. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.