West London Free School

Free schools·Secondary school London, Hammersmith and Fulham·W6 9LP
Composite score
86.5
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National rank
#21
In London
#1
In Hammersmith and Fulham
Top 4%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
69.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
85%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
91%
% EBacc grade 5+
68%
EBacc average points score
6.80

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
45%
240 first choices, 130 places
First choices per place
1.85
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,033
any preference, for 130 places
Applications from another council area
47%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.22
00.511.522.5
1 per place
1.8920221.8020231.6120241.6220251.852026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for West London Free School yet. Hammersmith and Fulham does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
921
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
37.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
18.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,130
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
93%
129 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

West London Free School is a secondary school serving London, Hammersmith and Fulham, classified by the DfE as a free school. It has 921 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated West London Free School 'Good'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 69.2, well above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 5.4 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 4% of secondary schools in England.

85% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 91% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 45% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (240 first choices for 130 places). After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. There are about 14.9 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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