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Phoenix Academy

Secondary Ages 11-19 582 pupils London
Ofsted: Outstanding

Phoenix Academy is an academy sponsor led in Hammersmith And Fulham for pupils aged 11 to 19. It has 582 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Phoenix Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2024. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.5, and 56% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Ofsted inspection: December 2024. GCSE results: 2026. A-level results: 2025.

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-19
Religion Unknown
Address The Curve
London
W12 0RQ
Phone 02087491141
Reference Number 143129

General Makeup

Number of pupils 582
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.75%
Girls: 47.25%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 48.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 38.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 56 59 115
8 48 62 110
9 59 47 106
10 53 35 88
11 60 36 96
12 20 20 40
13 11 16 27

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 21.1%
White, British 13.2%
White, Other 7.9%
Caribbean 4.5%
Asian, Other 3.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.9%
Mixed, Other 2.9%
Pakistani 2.9%
Unclassified 1.7%
White & Black (African) 1.2%
Chinese 1%
White & Asian 0.7%
Indian 0.5%
Irish 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Report Date 06 Nov 2024
Date Report
06 Nov 2024 School inspection
19 Mar 2019 Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
51.5

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 55.9%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 67.7%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- B C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 8.7%
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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 34 8
Third Preference 25 2
From another Local Authority 46 17

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Phoenix Academy had 550 pupils for 900 places. 350 places (38.9%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “Single Planning Area Secondary” planning area

Hammersmith and Fulham counted 1,412 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 1,258 in 2031–32, down 11%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 1,1601,160900900900900900900
Pupils 756564416465529515560550
Unfilled 34.8%51.4%53.8%48.3%41.2%42.8%37.8%38.9%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Phoenix Academy attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 24.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.9%3.8%3.5%4.0%5.7%5.1%4.0%4.5%
Unauthorised absence 3.8%4.1%4.4%2.2%2.0%2.7%2.9%3.0%
Severely absent pupils 0.8%2.2%3.0%1.4%1.2%0.9%1.1%1.7%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 13.0% of pupils at Phoenix Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 18.127.824.013.88.811.55.311.520.6
Permanent exclusions 380000001

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Phoenix Academy had 14.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.28.67.212.713.414.211.310.59.810.8
Teachers who left state teaching 27.5%11.1%6.5%16.9%21.2%9.8%17.7%13.0%12.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –76.4%72.1%–40.0%72.2%53.7%65.2%58.5%–
Sick days per teacher –3.42.7–5.44.25.13.13.0–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.3% of pupils at Phoenix Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 21 5
Social, emotional and mental health 20 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 9 5
Specific learning difficulty 8 3
Moderate learning difficulty 4 1
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Vision impairment 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Phoenix Academy received £11,511 and spent £10,907 for each of its 542 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £579,000 (£1,067 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Future Academies, income was £9,844 and spending £9,305 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve -£832,000-£872,000-£670,000-£422,000-£315,000£498,000£579,000
per pupil -£2,035-£1,972-£1,432-£783-£593£895£1,067
In-year balance -£577,000£50,000£222,000£403,000£112,000-£158,000£327,000
per pupil -£1,411£113£475£748£211-£284£604

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Hammersmith And Fulham · Hammersmith and Fulham local authority: places and applications

Phoenix Academy is part of Future Academies, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

What is Phoenix Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Phoenix Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Phoenix Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Phoenix Academy was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Phoenix Academy have?

Phoenix Academy has 582 pupils on roll.

What age range does Phoenix Academy cover?

Phoenix Academy for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are Phoenix Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.5, and 56% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Phoenix Academy?

Phoenix Academy is at The Curve, London, W12 0RQ.

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