The Fulham Boys School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 64 63.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 63.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 82.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 37.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.93 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	Progress 8
2024/25	61.4[6]	70%[6]
2023/24	62[4]	73%[4]	+0.93[4]
2022/23	59.2[7]	70%[7]	+0.69[7]
2021/22	66[8]	74%[8]	+0.90[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 10.4% 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	B[9]	19.8%[9]
2022/23	B[10]	18.5%[10]
2021/22	B-[11]	10.9%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 93% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form: 72% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[12]
Further education college: 16% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[12]
Employment: 1% 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	97%[13]	85%[13]	1%[13]	8%[13]	0%[13]	1%[13]
2020/21	89%[14]	62%[14]	3%[14]	20%[14]	0%[14]	2%[14]
2019/20	95%[15]	70%[15]	6%[15]	12%[15]	1%[15]	0%[15]
2018/19	91%[16]	66%[16]	0%[16]	18%[16]	1%[16]	3%[16]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[17]
UK higher education: 65% 2022/23[17]
Education: 67% 2022/23[17]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[17]
Employment: 20% 2022/23[17]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	92%[18]	72%[18]	72%[18]	1%[18]	18%[18]
2020/21	86%[19]	61%[19]	68%[19]	0%[19]	18%[19]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 88% 2021/22[20]
Top third of most selective universities: 41% 2021/22[20]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities
2020/21	77%[21]	38%[21]

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: 11 Oct 2022[22]
Type: S5 Inspection[22]
Report published: 30 Nov 2022[22]
Personal development: Outstanding[22]
Quality of education: Good[22]
Overall effectiveness: Good[22]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[22]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[22]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[22]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[22]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
3 May 2017[23]	S5 Inspection[23]	Good[23]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 5.2 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference): 631 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences: 154 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered: 122 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place: 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[24]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	615[24]	171[24]	115[24]	5.3[24]	1.5[24]
Entry Sept 2024	615[24]	185[24]	115[24]	5.3[24]	1.6[24]
Entry Sept 2023	570[24]	172[24]	126[24]	4.5[24]	1.4[24]
Entry Sept 2022	483[24]	177[24]	125[24]	3.9[24]	1.4[24]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Boys[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 800[1]
Trust: FULHAM BOYS SCHOOL LIMITED[1]
Local authority: Hammersmith and Fulham[1]
Website: http://www.fulhamboysschool.org/[1]
District: Hammersmith and Fulham [25]
Postcode: SW6 5BD[1]
URN: 141135[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 808 2024/25[26]
English as an additional language: 10.9% 2024/25[26]
SEN support: 12.4% 2024/25[26]
EHC plan: 3% 2024/25[26]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 28% 2024/25[26]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 58.8%[27]
Mixed: 13%[27]
Asian: 6.2%[27]
Black: 12.4%[27]
Any other ethnic group: 5.1%[27]
Unclassified: 4.5%[27]

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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