Arco Academy
Arco Academy is an independent school in London for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 17 pupils and room for 60.
Camberwell Leisure Centre, Artichoke Place, Camberwell, London, SE5 8TS020 3189 1193arco.academyMs Chelsey Leighton headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
3 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Southwark council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 17 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 31% | 50% | 75% | 0% | 33% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 54% | 19% | 13% | 20% | 11% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick Park Primary School | Council | 370 m | 415 | No overall grade 2024 | 81 | Compare |
| Sacred Heart Catholic School | Academy | 470 m | 950 | Outstanding 2023 | 96 | Compare |
| Crawford Primary School | Council | 470 m | 285 | No overall grade 2025 | 42 | Compare |
| Spa School Camberwell | Free school | 480 m | 114 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Lyndhurst Primary School | Academy | 540 m | 495 | Good 2023 | 88 | Compare |
| Maudsley and Bethlem Hospital School | Academy | 570 m | 1 | Outstanding 2021 | – | Compare |
| PhoenixPlace | Independent | 690 m | 30 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Camberwell College of Arts | Miscellaneous | 690 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Arco Academy a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Arco Academy yet.
How many pupils does Arco Academy have?
17 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 60 places, so it is 28% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Camberwell Leisure Centre, Artichoke Place, Camberwell, London, SE5 8TS
- Telephone
- 020 3189 1193
- Website
- www.arco.academy
- Headteacher
- Ms Chelsey Leighton
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Ward
- St Giles
- Constituency
- Peckham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 9 November 2020 (new provision)
- URN
- 147732 · LAESTAB 2106011
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.