Hammersmith Academy, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data. Admissions policy: Non-selective
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Hammersmith Academy excels at making every pupil feel known, valued and supported regardless of their background. The school combines strong academic support with exceptional pastoral care, ensuring pupils with additional needs or disadvantages achieve highly. Enrichment opportunities - from rowing to coding clubs - are deliberately made accessible to all, helping pupils develop talents and aspirations for their future.
Key Strengths
- Exceptional attendance rates, particularly for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged students, achieved through careful tracking and personalised support
- Outstanding inclusion and support for pupils with additional needs, with experienced specialists and ambitious expectations helping many achieve highly
- Excellent careers programme with university visits, work experience, and alumni mentoring that prepares pupils for their next steps
- Strong focus on enrichment activities and personal development, including diverse clubs from coding to fencing, with priority access for disadvantaged pupils
- Positive school culture with excellent behaviour, mutual respect, and pupils who feel safe and valued
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching quality in sixth form is more variable than in lower years, with inconsistent challenge and some students over-reliant on teacher guidance
- Checking pupils' understanding needs to be more consistently deployed across the curriculum with the same precision to challenge all pupils effectively
- Some able pupils could achieve higher outcomes - not all are stretched sufficiently
- Sixth-form clubs and societies could be better integrated into wider student experience
- Further scope to develop critical discussion around current affairs and complex issues in sixth form
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Rowing, athletics, BMX riding, coding, miniature making, fencing, computer engineering, university visits, work experience, Houses of Parliament visits, Lake District field trips, British Film Institute talks, sporting activities, pride month events, international women's day celebrations, anti-bullying activities, gardening, animal care, outward-bound excursions
Hammersmith Academy is a highly inclusive and aspirational school where pupils are known by staff and supported to thrive. Leaders have established a warm, nurturing environment with strong pastoral care and ambitious expectations for all students.
At a Glance
34.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
21.7
Avg class size
40
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
98%
Near capacity
954 pupils
975 capacity
21 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London
Admissions Demand - Hammersmith and Fulham
Places available
1,566
Applications
1,199
Got 1st preference
63.8%
Got preferred school
89.9%
Secondary admissions across Hammersmith and Fulham (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Teachers & Staff
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.90391%
Overall absence
28.5124%
Persistent absence
726
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Hammersmith Academy
Greenside Primary School
Brackenbury Primary School
Miles Coverdale Primary School
John Betts Primary School
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St Stephen's CofE Primary School
Earl's Court Free School Primary
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