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Ark King Solomon Academy

Westminster·All-through·London·Academy sponsor led·NW1 6RX
URN: 135242OutstandingOfsted published 4 Feb 2024
51.3
Attainment 8
National avg ≈ 46.4 · 2024/2025
+1.18
Progress 8
2023/2024 · CI: [0.88, 1.48]
68.3%
5+ Eng & Maths
Grade 5+ in both · 2024/2025
85.1%
EBacc entry
% entering EBacc · 2024/2025
36.7
A level APS
Average points per entry · 2024/2025

Strong results and, more tellingly, pupils across the ability range leave well ahead of where they started.

What the data says

Published data, read plainly. It tells you what to check next; it does not guarantee a place or replace your local authority’s admissions guidance.

Academic outcomes
Strong academic outcomes

Attainment 8 of 51.3 is above the national average of around 46.

51.3
Attainment 8
68%
5+ Eng & Maths
2024/2025
Academic year
Pupil progress
Above-average progress

Pupils made above-average progress compared with similar pupils nationally. The confidence interval is entirely above zero, which is strong evidence of added value.

+1.18
Progress 8
[0.88, 1.48]
Confidence interval
Getting a place
Admissions realism: not yet assessed

Admissions realism depends on your home postcode and the school's published allocation data. Enter your postcode on this page to get a more specific assessment, and always verify the latest policy on the school's official admissions page.

What to do next

Admissions and catchment

Reception entry · Westminster council allocation figures, 2026–2026

Add your postcode

Add a postcode to see where you would sit against past cut-offs.

Every on-time applicant was offered a place in 2026. Add your postcode to compare with earlier years.

Why we say “Add your postcode”

  1. In 2026 Westminster reports that every on-time applicant was offered a place (first allocation).
What could change this
  • We measure a straight line from your postcode centre. The council measures from your home address, sometimes along walking routes, so treat anything near the line with care.
  • Cut-offs move every year with the number of applicants and siblings.
  • Children with an EHC plan, looked-after children and siblings are usually offered places before distance is used.
  • Past allocations never guarantee a place.

Everyone who applied on time was offered a place, so distance did not decide entry and there is no ring to draw.

Last offer distance

Furthest child offered a place.

2026
Everyone offered

Applications and places

Published admission number (PAN) against applications

Not published by the council.

Pupils on roll

School census count against building capacity

1,319of 1,300 places

101% full. Source: Get Information about Schools, 26 September 2026. A full school can still have places in the entry year.

Sources — check them yourself

Figures collected from council publications on 27 September 2026 and shown as printed, converted to km. Years the council did not publish are left blank. Past allocations never guarantee a place.

Applications and offers

National offer day figures that councils report to the Department for Education. These are counts only: they do not show how far away the last child offered a place lived.

Reception entry

Year of entryPlaces offeredPut it firstFirst choices offeredApplications (any preference)
September 2026847878 (100%)158
September 2025858181 (100%)146
September 2024837777 (100%)152
September 2023908383 (100%)152
September 2022888881 (92%)181

Source: Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers, Academic year 2026/27, school-level data, published 18 June 2026. “–” means the figure was not published. The council’s own allocation figures are the official record: check Westminster’s admissions page for cut-off distances, the admission rules and this year’s dates.

Performance over time

Attainment 8 over time

Progress 8 over time(not available 2024/25)

University destinations

Share of this school's sixth-form leavers who went on to Oxford or Cambridge, a Russell Group university, or a university in the top third by entry grades. Department for Education data for state-funded schools and colleges.

Oxford or Cambridge
1.7%
Average of 4 years (2015/16–2019/20 leavers), 195 students
330th of 2,082 in England · 5th of 12 in Westminster
Russell Group
36.3%
Average of 4 years (2015/16–2019/20 leavers), 195 students
190th of 2,082 in England · 4th of 12 in Westminster
Top-third universities
45.0%
Average of 3 years (2019/20–2021/22 leavers), 183 students
192nd of 2,063 in England · 4th of 13 in Westminster
Left sixth formStudentsOxford or CambridgeRussell GroupTop-third universities
2021/22
2024-2025 tables
68Not publishedNot published49%
England 19%
2020/21
2023-2024 tables
66Not publishedNot published41%
England 24%
2019/20
2022-2023 tables
492%
England 1%
43%
England 18%
45%
England 20%
2018/19
2021-2022 tables
532%
England 1%
34%
England 15%
42%
England 17%
2017/18
2020-2021 tables
622%
England 1%
35%
England 16%
39%
England 18%
2015/16
2018-2019 tables
310%
England 1%
32%
England 14%
55%
England 19%
  • The DfE stopped publishing Oxbridge and Russell Group shares for individual schools after the 2022-23 performance tables (students who left in 2019/20). Top-third figures continue.
  • Figures are percentages of all students who finished 16 to 18 study at the school, counting those who sustained a university place in the two years after leaving.
  • Rankings use the average across years weighted by the number of students; a school needs at least 2 years and 50 students to be ranked. The top-third ranking uses the latest 3 years. Ranks are among state-funded schools and colleges.
  • '<0.5%' means above zero but under half a percent. 'Suppressed' means 5 or fewer students.
  • Source: Department for Education, 16 to 18 progression to higher education or training (Compare school and college performance, Explore education statistics).

Historical results

YearPupilsAtt8P85+ E&MEBacc %EBacc APS
2024/202510151.3—68.3%85.1%4.8
2023/20248959.6+1.1885.4%94.4%5.7
2022/20236558.2+1.0975.0%94.0%5.5
2021/20227061.0+1.2486.0%93.0%5.9

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School information

URN135242
Local authorityWestminster
RegionLondon
PhaseAll-through
TypeAcademy sponsor led
Gender of entryMixed
Age range2-18
HeadteacherHeadteacher Elizabeth Humphreys
TrustARK SCHOOLS
AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterNone
PostcodeNW1 6RX
Latest pupils101
FSM eligible62.1%

Contact and identifiers

Penfold Street, London, NW1 6RX

www.kingsolomonacademy.orgView local authority page2075636900
DfE number6907
UKPRN10021088
Opened1 Sept 2007
GIAS updated2 Feb 2026

Data sources and freshness

Official record updated2 Feb 2026
Latest KS4 year2024/2025
Latest KS2 year2024/2025
Ofsted published4 Feb 2024

Latest Ofsted inspection

Outstanding
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
SafeguardingEffective
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Category of concern—
Inspection date5 Dec 2023
Publication date4 Feb 2024
View Ofsted report