Voluntary aided school · Primary
London · NW1 5NS · Westminster
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenAll-throughURN 135242
Ark King Solomon Academy
Academy sponsor led · London · NW1 6RX
Phase
All-through
Age range
Ages 2–18
Pupils
1,319
Local authority
Westminster
Age range
Ages 2–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (all-through), Ages 2–18, in London, Westminster, 1,319 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 65.3%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Age range
- 2–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 135242
Location
- Address
- Penfold Street
- Postcode
- NW1 6RX
- Town
- London
- Local authority
- Westminster
- District
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Queen's Park and Maida Vale
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,319
- Boys / girls
- 667 / 652
- School capacity
- 1,300
- Capacity fill
- 1,319 / 1,300 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 65.3%
- FSM pupils
- 752
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ARK SCHOOLS
- Academy trust
- ARK SCHOOLS
- Sponsor
- ARK Schools
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Elizabeth Humphreys
- Telephone
- 02075636900
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-12-05
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 59.6
- Progress 8
- 1.2
- English & maths grade 5+
- 75%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 90%
- EBacc entry
- 94%
- EBacc APS
- 5.7
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 71%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 6%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0