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Hammersmith and Fulham has 19 secondary schools in this dataset — 13 state-funded and 6 independent. 2 are selective, admitting on an entrance test; 6 have a religious character; 15 have a sixth form.
The typical school here posts a three-year Progress 8 of +0.71 (well above average) — 0.72 of a grade per subject above the national median of -0.01. That is the middle of the 11 schools in this area with a published score.
The spread inside the area is wider than the gap between areas: from -0.15 to +0.99. Which school a child goes to matters more here than which area you move to.
For 2026 entry the typical school here drew 0.93 first preferences per place — less pressure than the national median of 0.95×. 5 of the 11 schools with published figures were named first by more families than they had places for. A high figure means popular, not good, and it is not your chance of a place — that depends on where you live.
Overall absence runs at 7.3% for the typical school here, below the national median of 8.7%. Absence is a plainer signal of whether pupils are turning up and engaged than any grade average.
Ordered on the three-year average Progress 8, which is steadier than any single year. Read the confidence interval beside each score before you read the order: it is the range the school's true figure is likely to sit in, and a wide one means a small year group rather than an unpredictable school.
| School | Progress 8 | 95% interval | Attainment 8 | Pressure | Ofsted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hurlingham AcademyAcademy sponsor led | +0.99well above average | +0.56 to +1.152023–24 | 61.4 | 0.93× | Outstanding |
| 2 | The Fulham Boys SchoolFree schools | +0.84well above average | +0.66 to +1.212023–24 | 62.4 | 1.26× | Good |
| 3 | Sacred Heart High SchoolAcademy converter | +0.78well above average | +0.58 to +0.982023–24 | 63.4 | 1.02× | Outstanding (ungraded) |
| 4 | The London Oratory SchoolAcademy converter | +0.76well above average | +0.41 to +0.832023–24 | 65.3 | 1.44× | Outstanding |
| 5 | West London Free SchoolFree schools | +0.75well above average | +0.70 to +1.222023–24 | 62.8 | 1.85× | Good |
| 6 | Lady Margaret SchoolAcademy converter | +0.71well above average | +0.47 to +1.022023–24 | 65.0 | 2.63× | Outstanding |
| 7 | Phoenix AcademyAcademy sponsor led | +0.67well above average | +0.56 to +1.172023–24 | 51.1 | 0.66× | — |
| 8 | Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language CollegeAcademy converter | +0.32above average | +0.18 to +0.712023–24 | 54.3 | 0.47× | Strong standard (achievement) |
| 9 | Hammersmith AcademyAcademy sponsor led | +0.08average | +0.00 to +0.492023–24 | 53.5 | 0.76× | Expected standard (achievement) |
| 10 | Ark Burlington Danes AcademyAcademy sponsor led | -0.02average | -0.26 to +0.212023–24 | 48.6 | 0.63× | Good |
| 11 | Fulham Cross AcademyAcademy converter | -0.15average | -0.58 to +0.312023–24 | 46.8 | 0.34× | Good (ungraded) |
7 of the 10 other schools ranked here have a confidence interval that overlaps The Hurlingham Academy's. On these figures they cannot be told apart from the school at the top of the table, and the order between them is not a finding. 3 schools here have an interval that includes zero (shaded above) — those cannot be told apart from an average school nationally.
These are not bottom of the table — they are not in it. A school with no published score has not done badly; the measure was not calculated for it, and the reason differs.
| Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College | Sixth-form or 16–19 site — no GCSE cohort, so no Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| Latymer Upper School and Latymer Prep | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
| London Vocational Ballet School | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
| St James Senior Girls' School | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
| St Paul's Girls' School | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
| The Godolphin and Latymer School | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
| Wetherby Pembridge | Independent — no Progress 8 is calculated for fee-paying schools |
| William Morris Sixth Form | Sixth-form or 16–19 site — no GCSE cohort, so no Progress 8 |
The most sought-after school in Hammersmith and Fulham for 2026 entry was Lady Margaret School at 2.63 first preferences per place — 310 families named it first for 118 places.
Pressure is not a chance of admission. A school with two applicants per place can still admit every family living near it, while a less popular school further away turns you down. Distance from the gate is usually what decides it, and no national figure can tell you that for your own address.
See Hammersmith and Fulham on the map →The same schools on a map, with every filter: results, admissions pressure, Ofsted, faith and selection — or sorted by distance from your own postcode.Admissions do not stop at an authority line. If you live near one, your realistic list of schools spans both sides of it.
The results here are for 2023–24 and earlier, so they describe pupils who have already left. Nothing on this page covers sixth-form results, pastoral care, music, sport or drama, or how a school feels to walk around — which is what parents most often say settled it. The ranking is a starting point for a shortlist, not a verdict on a school.
Nor is it a prediction of a place. Admission depends on each school's criteria and, most often, on how far you live from it — and in Hammersmith and Fulham you apply for a state-funded place through the council's coordinated scheme, naming several schools in order of preference.