SF School Facts UK

Secondary school in London, Hammersmith and Fulham

Hammersmith Academy

25 Cathnor Road, London, W12 9JD

Sixth form
School website 02082226000

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 13 January 2026.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

52 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

56% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

74% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.8 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

60% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.25confidence interval 0.00 to 0.49

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C
Average points per entry
31.4

England average 32.3

A level students
124

Pupils

Pupils on roll
954
Places
975
How full
Nearly full — 954 of 975 places taken
Girls / boys
445 / 509
Overall absence
8%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
29%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
49%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
50%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
11%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
93%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
91%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
65%
No sustained destination
7%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
134

After sixth form

Went to university
59%

England 50%

In education, work or training
84%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
5%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
116

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

24% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
85%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
136

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Hammersmith and Fulham 006A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
52%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
12%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
26%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
37%

England 17%

Households with no car
61%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
36%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
HAMMERSMITH ACADEMY TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Gary Kynaston
Local authority
Hammersmith and Fulham
Ward
Coningham
Constituency
Hammersmith and Chiswick
URN
136172

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
The Godolphin and Latymer SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.5 mi
London Vocational Ballet SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.6 mi
Latymer Upper School and Latymer PrepOther independent school No grade 0.6 mi
West London Free SchoolFree schools Good 2022 69.2 0.7 mi
Phoenix AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 49.6 0.8 mi
Sacred Heart High SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 60.9 0.8 mi
ArtsEd Day School & Sixth FormOther independent school No grade 0.8 mi
St Paul's Girls' SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.9 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Raynes Park High SchoolCommunity school No grade 45.3
The Grangefield AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2022 45.3
The Marvell CollegeAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 40.6
Ernest Bevin AcademyAcademy converter No grade 44.6
Laurel Park SchoolFoundation school No grade 36.8
Caterham High SchoolCommunity school Good 2022 44.3
New Line Learning AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 32.2
St Peter's CofE AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 34.4

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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