Lady Margaret School

About Lady Margaret School

Lady Margaret School, a Church of England girls’ secondary in Hammersmith and Fulham, received an Outstanding rating across every category in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023. That includes quality of education, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision. The school has held an Outstanding overall effectiveness grade since at least its previous inspection in 2011, when leadership and management were also judged Outstanding. But the single most telling academic metric is its Progress 8 score of 0.74, which is well above average nationally. That means pupils here achieve nearly three-quarters of a grade higher per subject than students with similar starting points across England. In the local authority, that score ranks Lady Margaret fifth out of eleven secondary schools, and it places the school in the top ten per cent nationally. For context, the average Progress 8 score across Hammersmith and Fulham is 0.35, so the school is performing more than double the local benchmark.

At GCSE, the school’s Attainment 8 score sits at 65.4, and 93.2 per cent of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in both English and maths. The English Baccalaureate entry rate is high at 91.5 per cent, and 69.5 per cent of pupils achieved the EBacc at grade 4 or above. In the sixth form, the school’s value-added score is 0.2, which is above average, and the average points per entry is 41.44, equivalent to a B grade. The best three A-levels average out at a B grade too. The school’s Progress 8 breakdown shows particularly strong performance in English, where the score is 1.03, and in the EBacc subjects, where it is 0.86. Maths progress is more modest at 0.31, but still positive. With 77 pupils in the sixth-form cohort, the school offers a solid academic pathway from Year 7 through to 18.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 774 applications for 117 places, with 321 first-preference applications and 108 first-preference offers. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 6.62. Facilities include a sixth-form centre, playing fields, science labs, tennis courts, a sports hall, and a chapel. Sports on offer include rowing, hockey, rugby, and athletics, and there are over a dozen clubs ranging from Model UN and Debate to Gardening and Film Club. The school supports a wide range of SEND needs, including dyslexia, autistic spectrum disorder, hearing impairment, and social, emotional and mental health needs. For families seeking a high-performing, oversubscribed girls’ school with a Church of England character and strong sixth-form provision in west London, Lady Margaret School is a compelling choice, though securing a place will require a first-preference application.

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