Hammersmith Academy, London

Ofsted's report card from its 13 January 2026 inspection grades Hammersmith Academy on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Attendance is above the national average overall, and notably for particular groups, such as pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have created a warm and nurturing environment, in which all pupils can blossom."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders and trustees have an acute understanding of the school's strengths and priorities."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have constructed a full and ambitious personal development programme."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils develop secure understanding and acquire the relevant knowledge and skills they need across subjects."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have worked hard to revise the curriculum so that it provides both breadth and depth."

Post 16 provision - Expected standard. "The sixth form is welcoming and inclusive."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that highly effective teaching strategies, including effective checks on pupils' learning, are fully embedded across subjects and used with precision to further challenge pupils and deepen their learning"; "Leaders should continue to strengthen the delivery of the sixth-form curriculum to further improve students' outcomes in national tests and examinations".

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, cricket, dance, drama, choir, chess, coding, STEM and gardening.

In 2026, pupils at Hammersmith Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 56.3 in Hammersmith and Fulham and 47 across England.

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

That is up from 52 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.25: pupils made above 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 52.5, against 57.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 4.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 102 families put Hammersmith Academy as their first choice and 494 named it as one of their preferences, for 135 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 18 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Hammersmith Academy are West London Free School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 64.2); Phoenix Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.5); Sacred Heart High School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 56.2); and The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 61.5).

Hammersmith Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Hammersmith Academy is run by its own single-school academy trust.

260 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Hammersmith Academy (as of September 2026): 92% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 68% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (68%).

Of the 140 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 21% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 91 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 62% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 21% into work. 22% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

34.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 46.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (27%), Asian (19%) and Mixed (16%).

In 2026, 91 pupils (9.5%) received SEN support and 31 (3.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Goldhawk Road, about 590 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cathnor Road, 180 metres away.

In 2024/25, Hammersmith Academy issued 82 suspensions, 8.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Hammersmith Academy are Greenside Primary School (0.1 miles), Brackenbury Primary School (0.2 miles), Miles Coverdale Primary School (0.3 miles) and John Betts Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.