Lady Margaret School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Hammersmith and Fulham
Parsons Green, London, SW6 4UN
93
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 22/11/2023
Application demand
34%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.2%
13.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
817
Capacity used
Over capacity152%
538 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
34%
1st preference success rate
108 of 321 families who put it first got an offer
117
Places offered
774
Total applications
6.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 321 | 108 | ● 34% |
| 2nd preference | 213 | 6 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 98 | 3 | ● 3% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 142 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 774 | 117 | 15% |
1st preference success by year
Hammersmith and Fulham lets families list 6 preferences. 479 applications came from outside the council area (48 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Elisabeth Stevenson
- Address
- Parsons Green, London, SW6 4UN
- Phone
- 02077367138
- Local authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Ward / constituency
- Parsons Green & Sandford · Chelsea and Fulham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138607
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 17% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 13% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LADY MARGARET SCHOOL
817 pupils · 538 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
22 November 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 616 pupils
Attendance
94.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
13.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 65.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.74 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 80% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 93% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.23 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 41.44 | — | — |
Average grade: B (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 66.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 81.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 90.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 85.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.31 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 119 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 41.52 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 26.7% | 17% |
| A-level students | 75 | — |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 12118: Lady Margaret School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 61% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 0% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 69% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.