Ark Burlington Danes Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 778 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
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Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College
- Pupils on roll
- 426of 634 places
- Free school meals
- 52.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 111
- Ofsted
- Report card, 16 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College (URN 100360, until 1 March 2013).
What the data says
Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College has no sixth form. Of the 130 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 18% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 57.1 against 46.1 across England and 55.5 in Hammersmith and Fulham, with 54% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 99% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Hammersmith and Fulham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Hammersmith and Fulham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 130 | 1,530 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 92% | 91% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 69% | 66% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 18% | 16% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 4% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Hammersmith and Fulham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 57.1 | 55.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54% | 62% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 78% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 65% | 68% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.38 | 5.20 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 40% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 52.7 | 45.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 59.9 | 60.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 55% | 37% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 111 | 100% | 88% | 24% | 22% | 78% |
| English Literature | 111 | 100% | 86% | 43% | 21% | 87% |
| English Language | 111 | 100% | 89% | 37% | 20% | 81% |
| Religious Studies | 110 | 99% | 31% | 46% | 32% | 82% |
| Combined Science | 85 | 77% | 65% | 16% | 9% | 78% |
| History | 60 | 54% | 41% | 55% | 26% | 87% |
| Spanish | 50 | 45% | 19% | 60% | 27% | 84% |
| Geography | 49 | 44% | 41% | 35% | 25% | 69% |
| Chemistry | 26 | 23% | 23% | 69% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 26 | 23% | 23% | 77% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 26 | 23% | 23% | 85% | 46% | 100% |
| 3D Design | 25 | 23% | 2% | 28% | 16% | 76% |
| French | 22 | 20% | 18% | 55% | 29% | 77% |
| Media Studies | 21 | 19% | 4% | 5% | 20% | 71% |
| Fine Art | 18 | 16% | 9% | 6% | 28% | 67% |
| Psychology | 18 | 16% | 3% | 22% | 22% | 89% |
| Arabic | 12 | 11% | 1% | 92% | 47% | 92% |
| Music | 5 | 5% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Portuguese | 3 | 3% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 9 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Hammersmith and Fulham
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.