Fulham Cross Academy, London

In 2026, pupils at Fulham Cross Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 56.3 in Hammersmith and Fulham and 47 across England.

47% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 65% in Hammersmith and Fulham and 47% in England.

That is down from 45.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.14: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 40.2, against 47.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 18 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 31 families put Fulham Cross Academy as their first choice and 209 named it as one of their preferences, for 92 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Fulham Cross Academy are Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 58.1); The Fulham Boys School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 63.8); Lady Margaret School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 64.7); and The London Oratory School (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 59.9).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Fulham Cross Academy.

Fulham Cross Academy is one of 31 schools run by Bourne Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 49 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 16% to a further education college and 2% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 60 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 52% went on to university or other higher education and 13% into work.

38.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 54.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (27%), other ethnic groups (21%) and Mixed (15%).

Fulham Cross Academy has a resourced provision for autism: 8 places, 7 pupils on roll.

Fulham Cross Academy had 44 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest Underground station is Parsons Green Underground Station, about 990 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kingwood Road, 110 metres away.

In 2024/25, Fulham Cross Academy issued 110 suspensions, 18.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 8 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Fulham Cross Academy are St John's Walham Green Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles), Queen's Manor School (0.3 miles), All Saints CofE Primary School (0.3 miles) and St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.