SF School Facts UK

Secondary school in London, Hammersmith and Fulham

Phoenix Academy

The Curve, London, W12 0RQ

Sixth form
School website 02087491141

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 6 November 2024.

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

49.6 England 47

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

Grade 5+ in English & maths

54% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

71% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.6 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

47% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half 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 quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.87confidence interval 0.56 to 1.17

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above 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
B-
Average points per entry
35.1

England average 32.3

A level students
23

Pupils

Pupils on roll
582
Places
1100
How full
53% full — 582 of 1100 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
275 / 307
Overall absence
8%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
25%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years
55%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
41%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
10%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
90%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
88%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
60%
No sustained destination
4%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
78

After sixth form

Went to university
60%

England 50%

In education, work or training
80%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
7%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
15

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

26% 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
79%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
19

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 002A, 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
42%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
21%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
26%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
45%

England 17%

Households with no car
57%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
37%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
FUTURE ACADEMIES
Headteacher
Headteacher: Rowan Pearson
Local authority
Hammersmith and Fulham
Ward
Wormholt
Constituency
Ealing Central and Acton
URN
143129

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Ark Burlington Danes AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 48.1 0.5 mi
The Lloyd Williamson School FoundationOther independent school No grade 0.7 mi
Hammersmith AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 52 0.8 mi
London Vocational Ballet SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.8 mi
Kensington Aldridge AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2024 54 1 mi
All Saints Catholic CollegeVoluntary aided school Outstanding 2022 51.3 1.1 mi
SIALOther independent school No grade 1.3 mi
Notting Hill Prep SchoolOther independent school No grade 1.3 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
Harefield SchoolAcademy sponsor led No grade 37.1
The Studio School LiverpoolStudio schools Good 2024 39.4
The Link AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 40.4
Oasis Academy LeesbrookFree schools Good 2023 41.5
Newhouse AcademyAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2023 38.9
King Edward VI AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 39.3
Bay Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 36.8
The Bulwell AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 36.1

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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