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Fulham Cross Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy
Kingwood Road, Fulham Palace Road, London SW6 6SN · fulhamcrossacademy.co.uk · 020 7381 3606
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Hammersmith and Fulham 55.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hammersmith and Fulham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 588
- 82% of 720 places
- Local authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 41%
- First language not English
- 54.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hammersmith and Fulham Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 92 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 92 | 31 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 133 | 51 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 133 | 53 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 124 | 59 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 116 | 61 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.7, and 45.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hammersmith and Fulham it was 55.5, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (27.3 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ●45.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼62.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ●41.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.12 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 59.2 | +8.1 |
| Sixth form college | 8.2 | +3.9 |
| Further education | 16.3 | −9.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 2 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.2 | −2.4 |
| Activity not captured | 6.1 | −0.3 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 students | C- (27.3) | Average -0.09 | |
| 45 students | C- (27.3) | Average -0.09 | |
| 27 students | Merit- (21.3) | Well below average -0.77 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 43 | D- (18.3) | -0.51 |
| 2022/23 | 30 | D- (17.2) | — |
| 2021/22 | 18 | D- (16.1) | — |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 51.7 | +30.5 |
| Further and other education | 10 | +0.4 |
| Further education | 5 | −0.8 |
| Other education | 5 | +1.2 |
| Employment | 13.3 | −11.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 15 | −10 |
| Activity not captured | 10 | −7.3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 February 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Fulham Cross Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 7 Feb 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2015
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Jul 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
53% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 53%
- Replies
- 32
- 6% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 59% who had a child bullied