Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College
Munster Road, Fulham, London, SW6 6BP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST
- Executive Principal
- Ms Victoria Tully
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Bourne Education Trust
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 634
- Pupils on roll
- 426
- URN
- 139365
- Local authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02073810861
About this school
Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College is a girls' secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 426 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 130 | 131 | 111 |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.8 | 56.3 | 57.1 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.34 +0.08 to +0.59 | +0.44 +0.18 to +0.71 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 59.5% | 54.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% | 74.8% | 75.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 52% | 64.9% | 64.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hammersmith and Fulham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51.8 | 41.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 56.3 | 41.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 57.1 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 583 |
| 2023/24 | 525 |
| 2024/25 | 470 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College compares
Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College ranked 7th of 11 secondary schools in Hammersmith and Fulham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 90% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57.1 | 8.5% | 51.5% | 426 | — |
| Fulham Cross Academy | 45.7 | 9.5% | 49.4% | 588 | 0.3 miles |
| The Fulham Boys School | 61.4 | 7.3% | 28% | 822 | 0.6 miles |
| Lady Margaret School | 66.3 | 5.8% | 17.9% | 817 | 0.8 miles |
| The London Oratory School | 62.3 | 6.9% | 12.5% | 1,392 | 0.9 miles |
| Sacred Heart High School | 60.9 | 6.8% | 19.7% | 1,113 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report16 June 2026
- 24 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.49%
- English as an additional language
- 51.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.49%
- Persistent absence
- 30.02%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Fulham Cross Academy0.3 miles
Secondary · London
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The Fulham Boys School0.6 miles
Secondary · London
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Lady Margaret School0.8 miles
Secondary · London
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The London Oratory School0.9 miles
Secondary · London
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Sacred Heart High School0.9 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College ranks 56th of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Recorded changes at this school
Previous executive principal: Ms Sally Brooks (until September 2026).
- Headteacher changed from Ms Sally Brooks to Ms Victoria Tully recorded 16 Sep 2026
Common questions
- What year groups does Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College teach?
- Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the executive principal of Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College?
- The executive principal of Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College is Ms Victoria Tully, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College?
- Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College has 426 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College full?
- Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College has capacity for 634 pupils and 426 on roll (67%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College a faith school?
- No. Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College has no designated religious character.
- Is Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College a selective school?
- No. Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College?
- Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College is part of BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 51.8 in 2022/23 and 57.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College rank locally?
- Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College ranked 7th of 11 secondary schools in Hammersmith and Fulham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 90% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College's absence rate?
- Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College's overall absence rate is 8.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 16 September 2026.