West London Free School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hammersmith and Fulham
Unique reference
136750
Address
241 King Street, W6 9LP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
911 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
48.4%
Girls
51.6%
First language not English
37.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.4%
Persistent absence
28.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 32.8%
Other White 20.6%
Mixed 19.3%
African 11.5%
Other 4.4%
Caribbean 3.7%
Other Asian 2.1%
Indian 1.4%
Irish 1.1%
Unclassified 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.69
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.47
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 85%
Local authority average 68%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 70%
Local authority average 61%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 61.5
Local authority average 54.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.87
Local authority average 5.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE40
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE54
Classical CivilisationGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE129
English LiteratureGCSE129
FrenchGCSE49
GeographyGCSE83
GermanGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

West London Free School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
129
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
232
2nd preference
234
3rd preference
214
From another Local Authority
412
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
103
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
35
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.3
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
130
59
71
Year 8
130
74
56
Year 9
128
61
67
Year 10
129
69
60
Year 11
130
71
59
Year 12
138
55
83
Year 13
126
52
74
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
91.6%
86.5%
Further education
9.0%
14.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
77.0%
69.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.8%
13.1%
Other education destinations
4.0%
3.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
0.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
88.0%
80.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
54.0%
32.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
47.0%
30.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
7.0%
1.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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