Ark Charter Academy
Hyde Park Road, Southsea, PO5 4HL
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 883 (452 boys, 431 girls)
- Capacity: 900
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 65.6%
- Telephone: 02392824204
- Ofsted: Good (30 Nov 2016); inspected again 10 Dec 2024, no overall grade
- Attainment 8: 39.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 377 applications, 180 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Portsmouth
- Ark Ayrton Primary Academy (0.2 miles, straight line)
- St Edmund's Catholic School (0.2 miles, straight line)
- St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, straight line)
- Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery (0.4 miles, straight line)
- Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery (0.4 miles, straight line)
- Priory School (0.5 miles, straight line)
