Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College

Academy converter·Secondary school London, Hammersmith and Fulham·SW6 6BP
Composite score
71.4
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#351
National rank
#105
In London
#6
In Hammersmith and Fulham
Top 11%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
57.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
54%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
76%
% EBacc grade 5+
43%
EBacc average points score
5.38

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
44 first choices, 94 places
First choices per place
0.47
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
205
any preference, for 94 places
Applications from another council area
39%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.3520220.3820230.4320240.4020250.472026

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

Every child who put Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
470
Gender
Girls
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
51.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
27.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
11.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,877
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
94%
130 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
92%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College at a glance

Located in London, Hammersmith and Fulham, Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College is a girls' secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 470 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 57.1 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 0.8 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 11% of secondary schools in England.

54% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 76% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College their first choice was offered one of its 94 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.0%. There are about 11.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 51% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. 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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