Phoenix Academy
The Curve, London, W12 0RQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- FUTURE ACADEMIES
- Headteacher
- Mr Rowan Pearson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Future Academies
- Constituency
- Ealing Central and Acton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,100
- Pupils on roll
- 582
- URN
- 143129
- Local authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02087491141
About this school
Phoenix Academy is a secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 582 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 78 | 106 | 92 |
| Attainment 8 score | 50.6 | 53.9 | 49.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.75 +0.39 to +1.12 | +0.87 +0.56 to +1.17 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% | 53.8% | 54.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 67.9% | 70.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 49% | 42.5% | 46.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
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 Phoenix Academy 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 | 50.6 | 41.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 53.9 | 41.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.6 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 532 |
| 2023/24 | 557 |
| 2024/25 | 538 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Phoenix Academy compares
Phoenix Academy ranked 9th of 11 secondary schools in Hammersmith and Fulham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49.6 | 7.6% | 55.3% | 582 | — |
| Ark Burlington Danes Academy | 48.1 | 6.7% | 56.3% | 778 | 0.5 miles |
| Hammersmith Academy | 52 | 7.9% | 48.6% | 954 | 0.8 miles |
| Kensington Aldridge Academy | 54 | 8.7% | 58.2% | 1,271 | 1.0 miles |
| All Saints Catholic College | 51.3 | 9.6% | 41.8% | 898 | 1.1 miles |
| The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School | 67.2 | 5.3% | 18% | 1,034 | 1.3 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 55.28%
- English as an additional language
- 40.9%
- Overall absence
- 7.56%
- Persistent absence
- 24.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ark Burlington Danes Academy0.5 miles
Secondary · London
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Hammersmith Academy0.8 miles
Secondary · London
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Kensington Aldridge Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · London
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All Saints Catholic College1.1 miles
Secondary · London
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The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School1.3 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Phoenix Academy ranks 132nd 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Phoenix Academy teach?
- Phoenix Academy teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Phoenix Academy?
- The headteacher of Phoenix Academy is Mr Rowan Pearson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Phoenix Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Phoenix Academy, 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 Phoenix Academy?
- Phoenix Academy has 582 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Phoenix Academy full?
- Phoenix Academy has capacity for 1,100 pupils and 582 on roll (53%), 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 Phoenix Academy a faith school?
- No. Phoenix Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Phoenix Academy a selective school?
- No. Phoenix Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Phoenix Academy?
- Phoenix Academy is part of FUTURE ACADEMIES. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Phoenix Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 50.6 in 2022/23 and 49.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Phoenix Academy rank locally?
- Phoenix Academy ranked 9th of 11 secondary schools in Hammersmith and Fulham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Phoenix Academy's absence rate?
- Phoenix Academy's overall absence rate is 7.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Phoenix Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Phoenix Academy'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 2 July 2026.