Phoenix Academy, London

In 2026, pupils at Phoenix Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 56.3 in Hammersmith and Fulham and 47 across England.

56% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 65% in Hammersmith and Fulham and 47% in England.

That is up from 49.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.87: pupils made well 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 47.6, against 56.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.3 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 78 families put Phoenix Academy as their first choice and 199 named it as one of their preferences, for 118 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 Phoenix Academy are Ark Burlington Danes Academy (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.6); Hammersmith Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.9); Kensington Aldridge Academy (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 53.1); and All Saints Catholic College (1.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 49.9).

Phoenix Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Phoenix Academy is one of 11 schools run by Future Academies, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.1 in 2024/25.

42 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Phoenix Academy (as of September 2025): 88% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 58% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (58%).

Of the 106 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 27% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 20 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 50% went on to university or other higher education and 30% into work. 8% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

47.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 38.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (37%), other ethnic groups (22%) and White British (13%).

In 2026, 66 pupils (11.3%) received SEN support and 15 (2.6%) 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.

Phoenix Academy had 41 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 East Acton Underground Station, about 760 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Phoenix High School, 110 metres away.

In 2024/25, Phoenix Academy issued 111 suspensions, 20.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Phoenix Academy are Wormholt Park Primary School (0.1 miles), Ark Conway Primary Academy (0.2 miles), St John XXIII Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles) and Ark Bentworth Primary Academy (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.