Phoenix Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 20 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hammersmith and Fulham
Unique reference
143129
Address
The Curve, W12 0RQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
557 (57% of total capacity)
Boys
56.2%
Girls
43.8%
First language not English
44.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.2%
Persistent absence
17.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.4%
Pupil ethnicities
Other 24.2%
Other Black 17.6%
African 12%
White British 11.8%
Mixed 7.9%
Other White 7.4%
Caribbean 4.7%
Other Asian 4.1%
Pakistani 3.2%
Unclassified 2.7%
Bangladeshi 2.3%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Indian 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.75
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.47
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 68%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 61%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.6
Local authority average 54.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.75
Local authority average 5.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE12
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE16
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE16
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE79
English LiteratureGCSE79
FrenchGCSE4
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Phoenix Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
124
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
67
2nd preference
48
3rd preference
33
From another Local Authority
40
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
67
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
100
57
43
Year 8
93
54
39
Year 9
100
64
36
Year 10
95
53
42
Year 11
122
59
63
Year 12
29
18
11
Year 13
18
8
10
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
91.6%
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
14.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
69.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
4.8%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
3.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022