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Fulham Cross Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 43.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
46.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.14 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 45.7[6] 45.6%[6]
2023/24 45.4[4] 44.9%[4] -0.14[4]
2022/23 47.2[7] 39%[7] +0.02[7]
2021/22 47.7[8] 49%[8] -0.32[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
9.1% 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D-[9] 8%[9]
2022/23 D-[10] 0%[10]
2021/22 D-[11] 0%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
56% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
21% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[12]
Employment
5% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[13] 51%[13] 4%[13] 26%[13] 0%[13] 2%[13]
2020/21 84%[14] 58%[14] 3%[14] 21%[14] 1%[14] 0%[14]
2019/20 95%[15] 61%[15] 6%[15] 25%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2018/19 87%[16] 72%[16] 0%[16] 10%[16] 0%[16] 5%[16]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
58% 2022/23[17]
UK higher education
29% 2022/23[17]
Education
42% 2022/23[17]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[17]
Employment
17% 2022/23[17]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 58%[18] 23%[18] 32%[18] 2%[18] 25%[18]
2020/21 67%[19] 12%[19] 30%[19] 3%[19] 33%[19]
2019/20 68%[20] 15%[20] 47%[20] 3%[20] 18%[20]
2018/19 54%[21] 0%[21] 35%[21] 0%[21] 19%[21]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
37% 2021/22[22]
Top third of most selective universities
7% 2021/22[22]
Russell Group universities
0% 2019/20[23]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[23]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 21%[24] 4%[24]
2019/20 22%[23] 0%[23] 0%[23] 0%[23]
2018/19 0%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25]
2017/18 17%[26] 0%[26] 0%[26] 0%[26]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
7 Feb 2023[27]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[27]
Report published
21 Mar 2023[27]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[27]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[27]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 Feb 2018[28] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[28] No overall grade[28]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Applications (any preference)
209 Entry Sept 2026[29]
First preferences
31 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Places offered
92 Entry Sept 2026[29]
First preferences per place
0.3 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 280[29] 51[29] 133[29] 2.1[29] 0.4[29]
Entry Sept 2024 343[29] 53[29] 133[29] 2.6[29] 0.4[29]
Entry Sept 2023 364[29] 59[29] 124[29] 2.9[29] 0.5[29]
Entry Sept 2022 374[29] 61[29] 116[29] 3.2[29] 0.5[29]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
720[1]
Trust
BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hammersmith and Fulham[1]
Website
www.fulhamcrossacademy.co.uk/[1]
District
Hammersmith and Fulham[30]
Postcode
SW6 6SN[1]
URN
139364[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
596 2024/25[31]
English as an additional language
51.3% 2024/25[31]
SEN support
13.8% 2024/25[31]
EHC plan
3.9% 2024/25[31]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
49.4% 2024/25[31]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
23%[32]
Mixed
15%[32]
Asian
8.7%[32]
Black
27.2%[32]
Any other ethnic group
20.7%[32]
Unclassified
5.4%[32]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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