The academy is open to children from throughout Brent and is non-selective, non-denominational and co-educational. In the event of over subscription in the secondary school equal priority will be given to children from the Wembley area and from the Harlesden and Stonebridge Park area in the South of the borough.
When the school is fully subscribed it will provide 1,630 school places, comprising:
- 60 nursery places
- 420 primary places
- 1,150 secondary and sixth form places
Primary admissions for September 2010
Our next pupil intake will be in September 2010 when 60 reception pupils will be admitted in two classes. Applications must be made through the Common Application Form available from Brent Council's Admissions Department. The deadline for primary applications for 2010/11 is Friday 26th February 2010.
The closing date for applications for September 2009 admission has now passed but if you would like to find out about in year admissions, or to visit us, please contact us on 0208 908 5466.
How to apply
To obtain an application form please contact the London Borough of Brent Admissions Service on 020 8937 3110 or email school.admissions@brent.gov.uk.
Admissions criteria
Ark Academy is a non-denominational, non-selective school for children local to Wembley and, in the secondary school, Harlesden and Stonebridge. If the academy is oversubscribed, priority will be given to students with statements of special educational needs, where the academy is named on the statement. The remaining places will then be offered in the following order of priority:
- children who are in public care
- children who have a sibling who already attends the school and who will continue to do so on the date of admission ("sibling" means a whole, half or step-brother or step-sister resident at the same address)
- For the Primary School: children who live closest to the school, using a straight line distance from the main entrance of the academy to the main entrance to the child’s home.
When our secondary school opens in 2010 after the admission of children with statements of special educational needs, priority will be given to applicants in the following order:
- children who are pupils in year 6 of the academy
- children who have a sibling who already attends the school and who will to do so on the date of admission ("sibling" means a whole, half or step-brother or step-sister resident at the same address)
- children who live closest to the school, using a straight line distance from the main entrance of the academy to the main entrance to the child’s home or to a central point in the Harlesden/Stonebridge area.
The academy keeps a waiting list which is used to fill casual vacancies occurring if students leave during the year, or withdraw from a place that has been offered.
Appeals
Parents/carers of children who are not offered a place can appeal to an independent committee under the provisions of the School Standards and Framework Act, 1998. Parents/carers wishing to appeal should contact the Brent Council admissions team who will be able to advise them on the process.
