Ark John Keats Academy

Enfield · EN3 5PA

General information All-through School · 4-19 years Who goes here 1732 pupils, 46.5% FSM

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Ark John Keats Academy

General Information

Address: Bell Lane, London, EN3 5PA – View on map
Phone: 02084433113
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Daniel Conant
Age range: 4-19 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 238 families put it first for 179 places – 13 for every 10 places. 73% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 179 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 21 · 2024 17 · 2025 15 · 2026 13
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 71 families put it first for 72 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 72 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 12 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

1732 pupils out of 1804 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 697
% eligible for free school meals: 46.5%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Enfield average)
English as an additional language: 45% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 27.5% a year (Enfield 20%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 39% moved to another school, 61% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Enfield: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 46 (1.9 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 44 (1.8 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 14 (0.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Enfield, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.9%
Persistently absent pupils: 14.9%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 11.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 53 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 43 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 31 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 22 pupils
Physical disability: 20 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 28 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 25 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 12 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11

Attainment 8 score: 50.1
Compared with the area: 2.4 points above the Enfield average (47.7)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (+7.9 points against an expected 42.2)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 75% (Enfield 67%, England 65%) Improving
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolEnfield averageEngland↗ Improving Up 4.0 points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 2.4 points above the Enfield average (47.7).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

8th of 21 all-through schools in Enfield for Attainment 8

#6Enfield County School for Girls52.0
#7Southgate School51.1
#8Ark John Keats Academy50.1
#9Enfield Grammar School49.0
#10Kingsmead School48.8

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1The Latymer School80.1
#2Wren Academy Enfield58.3
#3Highlands School55.6
#4St Ignatius College54.8
#5St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls54.4
#6Enfield County School for Girls52.0
#7Southgate School51.1
#8Ark John Keats Academy50.1
#9Enfield Grammar School49.0
#10Kingsmead School48.8
#11Winchmore School46.2
#12Chace Community School42.1
#13Oasis Academy Hadley42.0
#14Edmonton County School41.0
#15Lift Aylward39.8
#16Heron Hall Academy39.7
#17Oasis Academy Enfield38.4
#18Laurel Park School36.8
#19Bishop Stopford's School36.5
#20AIM Academy North London35.3
#21The Lea Valley Academy33.3

Leaver Destinations

In education, employment, or training a year later: 92.0%
Went into further education: 92.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About leaver destinations

This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.

GCSE Subjects Offered

Maths (General)
English Language
English Literature
Science Double Award
French Language
History
Religious Studies
Geography
Art & Design
Computer Science
Turkish
Speech & Drama
Biology
Physics (General)
Chemistry (General)
Sports Studies
Music Studies (General)
Polish
Spanish
Italian

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

PrimaryYear 6 SATs results

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 63% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 8 percentage points below the Enfield average (71%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 61% against an expected 57%)
3-year average (expected standard): 61%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 76% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
Based on: 89 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolEnfield averageEngland↗ Improving Up 6 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 8 percentage points below the Enfield average (71%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 47th of 65 junior and primary schools in the area

=43Freezywater St George's CofE VA Primary School64%
=43Worcesters Primary School64%
=47Ark John Keats Academy63%
=47Fleecefield Primary School63%
=47Houndsfield Primary School63%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Hadley Wood Primary School100%
=2Enfield Heights Academy93%
=2St John's CofE Primary School93%
#4Woodpecker Hall Primary Academy91%
=5Merryhills Primary School90%
=5One Degree Academy90%
=7Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School88%
=7Wolfson Hillel Primary School88%
=9Bowes Primary School87%
=9Grange Park Primary School87%
#11Walker Primary School85%
#12St Michael's CofE Primary School83%
#13St George's Catholic Primary School81%
=14St Andrew's Southgate Primary School (CE)79%
=14West Grove Primary79%
#16Kingfisher Hall Primary Academy78%
#17St Paul's CofE Primary School77%
=18Highfield Primary School76%
=18Southbury Primary School76%
=18The Raglan Junior School76%
=21Eastfield Primary School75%
=21Wilbury Primary School75%
#23Brimsdown Primary School74%
=24Alma Primary School73%
=24Edmonton County School73%
=24Galliard Primary School73%
=24St Monica's RC Primary School73%
=28Brettenham Primary School72%
=28Meridian Angel Primary School72%
=28St Mary's Catholic Primary School72%
=31Carterhatch Junior School71%
=31Forty Hill CofE Primary School71%
=31Hazelwood Junior School71%
=31St Michael at Bowes CofE Junior School71%
#35Hazelbury Primary School70%
#36St Andrew's CofE Primary School69%
#37George Spicer Primary School68%
#38Delta Primary School67%
=39Chesterfield Primary School66%
=39St John and St James CofE Primary School66%
=41Lavender Primary School65%
=41Oasis Academy Hadley65%
=43Eldon Primary School64%
=43Firs Farm Primary School64%
=43Freezywater St George's CofE VA Primary School64%
=43Worcesters Primary School64%
=47Ark John Keats Academy63%
=47Fleecefield Primary School63%
=47Houndsfield Primary School63%
=47Keys Meadow Primary School63%
=47St James CofE Primary School63%
#52St Matthew's CofE Primary School62%
=53Churchfield Primary School61%
=53Oakthorpe Primary School61%
#55Chase Side Primary School60%
=56Latymer All Saints CofE Primary School59%
=56Prince of Wales Primary School59%
#58Osidge Primary School58%
#59Capel Manor Primary School57%
#60Garfield Primary School54%
#61St Edmund's Catholic Primary School53%
#62Bush Hill Park Primary School51%
#63Raynham Primary School42%
#64Starks Field Primary School37%
#65Suffolks Primary School32%

View full Ofsted inspection report

3rd of 15 all-through schools in Enfield for Ofsted rating

#1St Anne's Catholic High School for GirlsOutstanding
#2AIM Academy North LondonGood
#3Ark John Keats AcademyGood
#4Bishop Stopford's SchoolGood
#5Chace Community SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1St Anne's Catholic High School for GirlsOutstanding
#2AIM Academy North LondonGood
#3Ark John Keats AcademyGood
#4Bishop Stopford's SchoolGood
#5Chace Community SchoolGood
#6Edmonton County SchoolGood
#7Enfield County School for GirlsGood
#8Enfield Grammar SchoolGood
#9Heron Hall AcademyGood
#10Oasis Academy EnfieldGood
#11Southgate SchoolGood
#12St Ignatius CollegeGood
#13The Lea Valley AcademyGood
#14Winchmore SchoolGood
#15Wren Academy EnfieldGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,033 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

16th of 21 all-through schools in Enfield for spending per pupil

#14Wren Academy Enfield£8,085
#15Lift Aylward£8,066
#16Ark John Keats Academy£8,033
#17The Latymer School£7,886
#18Oasis Academy Hadley£7,821

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Laurel Park School£11,492
#2Bishop Stopford's School£10,900
#3Enfield Grammar School£9,686
#4The Lea Valley Academy£9,341
#5St Ignatius College£9,281
#6AIM Academy North London£9,238
#7Oasis Academy Enfield£9,078
#8Chace Community School£8,880
#9Enfield County School for Girls£8,855
#10Kingsmead School£8,746
#11St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls£8,580
#12Heron Hall Academy£8,105
#13Highlands School£8,101
#14Wren Academy Enfield£8,085
#15Lift Aylward£8,066
#16Ark John Keats Academy£8,033
#17The Latymer School£7,886
#18Oasis Academy Hadley£7,821
#19Winchmore School£7,787
#20Southgate School£7,648
#21Edmonton County School£7,123

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Enfield: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

Leaver Destinations ?

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Year 6 SATs ranking

Ofsted Rating ranking

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

Leaver Destinations

GCSE Subjects Offered