Ark Burlington Danes Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 778 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Academy sponsor led
The Hurlingham Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 728of 675 places
- Free school meals
- 41.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 147
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 19 March 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hurlingham and Chelsea Secondary School (URN 100361, until 9 December 2014).
What the data says
The Hurlingham Academy has no sixth form. Of the 143 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 21% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 58.4 against 46.1 across England and 55.5 in Hammersmith and Fulham, with 65% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 97% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 3% 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 | The Hurlingham Academy | Hammersmith and Fulham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 143 | 1,530 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 91% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 54% | 66% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 21% | 16% | 37% |
| — other education | 5% | 4% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Hurlingham Academy | Hammersmith and Fulham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 58.4 | 55.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65% | 62% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 86% | 78% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 71% | 68% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.44 | 5.20 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 40% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 53.3 | 45.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 61.8 | 60.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 48% | 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 | 146 | 99% | 88% | 30% | 22% | 88% |
| English Language | 145 | 99% | 89% | 37% | 20% | 89% |
| English Literature | 145 | 99% | 86% | 52% | 21% | 93% |
| Religious Studies | 143 | 97% | 31% | 45% | 32% | 85% |
| Combined Science | 116 | 79% | 65% | 17% | 9% | 77% |
| Geography | 71 | 48% | 41% | 35% | 25% | 89% |
| Spanish | 58 | 39% | 19% | 45% | 27% | 95% |
| History | 57 | 39% | 41% | 51% | 26% | 79% |
| Business Studies | 46 | 31% | 18% | 39% | 20% | 89% |
| French | 32 | 22% | 18% | 44% | 29% | 84% |
| Physics | 27 | 18% | 23% | 89% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 18% | 23% | 93% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 27 | 18% | 23% | 81% | 45% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 26 | 18% | 11% | 23% | 24% | 100% |
| Chinese | 22 | 15% | 1% | 77% | 75% | 100% |
| Drama | 22 | 15% | 7% | 18% | 27% | 68% |
| Music | 16 | 11% | 5% | 44% | 33% | 75% |
| Art and Design | 15 | 10% | 7% | 60% | 24% | 93% |
| Media Studies | 12 | 8% | 4% | 42% | 20% | 100% |
| Russian | 4 | 3% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 26 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 15 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Hammersmith and Fulham
Fulham Cross Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 588 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7
Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College
Academy converter · 426 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.1
Hammersmith Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 954 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.0
Lady Margaret School
Academy converter · sixth form · 817 pupils
97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 66.3
Phoenix Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 582 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.6
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.