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Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 58 58.1 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
58.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
58.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
18.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.44 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 57.1[5] 54.1%[5]
2023/24 56.3[3] 59.5%[3] +0.44[3]
2022/23 51.8[6] 46%[6] +0.34[6]
2021/22 54.8[7] 65%[7] +0.17[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
69% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
18% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[8]
Employment
2% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[9] 66%[9] 1%[9] 20%[9] 0%[9] 6%[9]
2020/21 93%[10] 62%[10] 4%[10] 19%[10] 1%[10] 1%[10]
2019/20 94%[11] 55%[11] 11%[11] 19%[11] 1%[11] 1%[11]
2018/19 93%[12] 71%[12] 4%[12] 9%[12] 2%[12] 1%[12]

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
16 Jun 2026[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
16 Jul 2026[13]
Inclusion
Strong standard[13]
Achievement
Strong standard[13]
Safeguarding standards
Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard[13]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[13]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[13]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
24 May 2022[14] S5 Inspection[14] Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
205 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
44 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
94 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 219[15] 40[15] 99[15] 2.2[15] 0.4[15]
Entry Sept 2024 249[15] 49[15] 115[15] 2.2[15] 0.4[15]
Entry Sept 2023 250[15] 50[15] 133[15] 1.9[15] 0.4[15]
Entry Sept 2022 282[15] 41[15] 117[15] 2.4[15] 0.4[15]

Admissions

Entrance test
language aptitude test 2026-10-14[16]
Sibling priority
Brothers and sisters of children already on the roll within any of the Fulham Cross Academy Trust Schools; Fulham Cross Academy, Fulham Cross Girls’ School and the Fulham Cross VI Form who are still in the school at the time the applicant is admitted if places are available. 2026-10-14[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
634[1]
Trust
BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hammersmith and Fulham[1]
Website
http://www.fulhamcross.net/[1]
District
Hammersmith and Fulham[17]
Postcode
SW6 6BP[1]
URN
139365[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
470 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
51.9% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
17% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
2.3% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
51.5% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
16.9%[19]
Mixed
16%[19]
Asian
12.2%[19]
Black
21.8%[19]
Any other ethnic group
27.5%[19]
Unclassified
5.6%[19]

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.

In the inspectors' and the school's words

Academic
High-quality teaching across most areas of the curriculum supports most pupils to attain above average in national examinations by the end of Year 11.[20]
Warmth
They feel safe and benefit from a small, close-knit community where high aspirations for academic success are fostered, and highly effective pastoral support is equally Pupils have extremely positive relationships with staff.[20]
Pastoral care
Staff provide excellent pastoral support for pupils. Pupils develop effective strategies to support their mental health and deal with challenges such as peer pressure, conflict and bereavement.[20]
Behaviour
Pupils enjoy learning and concentrate well in lessons. This helps pupils to engage in learning and behave very well.[20]
Learning support
Staff are highly adept at providing targeted support for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities Additional support for those in the early stages of reading, handwriting, spelling or numeracy is precisely designed.[20]
Enrichment
There is a wide range of extra-curricular activities, trips, visits and residential experiences.[20]
Pupil voice
Pupils proactively take on a variety of leadership opportunities, which enable them to contribute effectively to the school.[20]
Structure
Pupils understand and follow the school rules with respect. Leaders ensure a consistent approach to promoting positive behaviour They implement the school’s ‘playbook’ of agreed teaching strategies with consistency.[20]
Diversity
Leaders have successfully created a culture that promotes and celebrates diversity and inclusion.[20]
Sport
Pupils appreciate the variety of extra-curricular opportunities the school provides, including in sport, where pupils excel.[20]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. cms-site-files.reactfiles.co.uk: cms-site-files.reactfiles.co.uk — Admissions Policy FCAT 1 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    The language aptitude tests will be held in mid-October 2026. (p. 7)
    Brothers and sisters of children already on the roll within any of the Fulham Cross Academy Trust Schools; Fulham Cross Academy, Fulham Cross Girls' School and the Fulham Cross VI Form who are still in the school at the time the applicant is admitted if places are available. (p. 2)
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. files.ofsted.gov.uk: files.ofsted.gov.uk document. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (15)
    Pupils appreciate the variety of extra-curricular opportunities the school provides, including in sport, where pupils excel (p. 4)
    They feel safe and benefit from a small, close-knit community where high aspirations for academic success are fostered, and highly effective pastoral support is equally (p. 5)
    Pupils have extremely positive relationships with staff (p. 5)
    High-quality teaching across most areas of the curriculum supports most pupils to attain above average in national examinations by the end of Year 11 (p. 2)
    Staff provide excellent pastoral support for pupils (p. 4)
    Pupils develop effective strategies to support their mental health and deal with challenges such as peer pressure, conflict and bereavement (p. 4)
    Pupils enjoy learning and concentrate well in lessons (p. 2)
    This helps pupils to engage in learning and behave very well (p. 5)
    Leaders have successfully created a culture that promotes and celebrates diversity and inclusion (p. 4)
    Pupils understand and follow the school rules with respect. Leaders ensure a consistent approach to promoting positive behaviour (p. 2)
    They implement the school's 'playbook' of agreed teaching strategies with consistency (p. 3)
    There is a wide range of extra-curricular activities, trips, visits and residential experiences (p. 5)
    Pupils proactively take on a variety of leadership opportunities, which enable them to contribute effectively to the school (p. 5)
    Staff are highly adept at providing targeted support for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (p. 3)
    Additional support for those in the early stages of reading, handwriting, spelling or numeracy is precisely designed (p. 3)