Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 6 May 2026
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted inspected Ark Globe Academy on 6 May 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Exceptional for inclusion, for leadership and governance, for personal development and wellbeing and for post-16 provision; Strong standard for achievement, for curriculum and teaching, for attendance and behaviour and for early years.
No. Distance only counts when Ark Globe Academy has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Ark Globe Academy had 1,275 pupils aged 3 to 18 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 1,645. It is a mixed school with a sixth form.
Voluntary aided school
0.2 miles away
Other independent special school
0.2 miles away
Community school
0.2 miles away
Other independent school
0.3 miles away
Voluntary aided school
0.4 miles away