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Boys secondary school in London, Hammersmith and Fulham

The Fulham Boys School

532 Fulham Road, London, SW6 5BD

Ofsted Good · 2022 Sixth form Church of England Boys Full
School website 02073817100

Ofsted

Goodas at 11 October 2022

Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 October 2022.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

61.4 England 47

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

Grade 5+ in English & maths

70% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

94% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

5.6 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

69% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

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

Progress 8 2023/24

0.93confidence interval 0.66 to 1.21

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
C+
Average points per entry
34.8

England average 32.3

A level students
87

Pupils

Pupils on roll
822
Places
800
How full
Full — 822 pupils against 800 places
Overall absence
7%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
26%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years
28%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
11%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
12%

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
72%
No sustained destination
6%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
109

After sixth form

Went to university
65%

England 50%

In education, work or training
90%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
3%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
60

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

41% 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
88%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
69

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 021F, 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
59%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
12%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
22%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
29%

England 17%

Households with no car
66%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
30%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Free schools
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Boys
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
FULHAM BOYS SCHOOL LIMITED
Headteacher
Headteacher: David Smith
Local authority
Hammersmith and Fulham
Ward
Walham Green
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham
URN
141135

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
The London Oratory SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2022 62.3 0.3 mi
Lady Margaret SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 66.3 0.4 mi
Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language CollegeAcademy converter Good 2022 57.1 0.6 mi
The Fulham Prep School LtdOther independent school No grade 0.6 mi
Fulham Cross AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 45.7 0.7 mi
Chelsea AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 51.9 0.7 mi
The Hurlingham AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2024 58.4 0.8 mi
CollinghamOther independent school No grade 1 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
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 44.5
Torpoint Community CollegeFoundation school Good 2022 41
The Cheadle AcademyAcademy converter No grade 40
Southmoor AcademyAcademy converter Good 2022 49
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 45.3
Alde Valley AcademyAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2024 33.7
Ridgewood High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 46
Mercia SchoolFree schools Outstanding 2023 68.1

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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