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Phoenix Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy
The Curve, London W12 0RQ · phoenix.futureacademies.org · 020 8749 1141
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 49.6
- 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
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 582
- 53% of 1,100 places
- Local authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 48.5%
- First language not English
- 38.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Future Academies
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, 78 families put the school first and 118 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 | 118 | 78 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 138 | 69 | 0.5 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 124 | 67 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 134 | 60 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 134 | 51 | 0.4 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.6, and 54.3% 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 B- (35.1 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲49.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲54.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲70.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲46.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.62 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 55.7 | −1 |
| Sixth form college | 3.8 | −11.8 |
| Further education | 27.4 | +10.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.8 | +1.7 |
| Employment | 1.9 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.8 | −6.1 |
| Activity not captured | 5.7 | +4.6 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 students | B- (35.1) | Average -0.10 | |
| 23 students | B- (35.1) | Average -0.10 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 18 | C+ (33.5) | -0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 13 | C+ (32) | — |
| 2021/22 | 19 | C+ (33.7) | — |
| 2018/19 | 7 | D- (15.7) | +1.04 |
| 2017/18 | 55 | D- (17.6) | -0.50 |
| 2016/17 | 54 | D- (16.7) | -0.62 |
| 2015/16 | 63 | D- (17.3) | -0.58 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 50 | −23.7 |
| Other education | 5 | — |
| Employment | 30 | +8.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10 | — |
| Activity not captured | 5 | −0.3 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Phoenix Academy on 6 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 6 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Sixth form | Outstanding |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 100359), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Apr 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100359)
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (42 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 42
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (24%) with SEND