Lord John Nash is the founder of Future Academies, an organisation that supports 11 schools across London and Hertfordshire. This article will look at Phoenix Academy, which is one of London’s finest schools. It is a learning institution that was built around Future Academies’ fundamental vision of ‘Freedom through Education’.
Phoenix Academy was established with the mission of granting young people the freedom to choose the life that they want. The school provides pupils with a world-class education along with best-in-class career and cocurricular opportunities to help them on the path to success. Launched with the ethos that the local community deserves a school they can be proud of, the standard of teaching and learning at Phoenix Academy is second to none.
The Academy’s dedicated teachers have been educated at some of the world’s most celebrated universities. Each member of the Phoenix Academy family knows what it takes to achieve at the highest level, every teacher striving for excellence and working incredibly hard for pupils.
Phoenix Academy’s record-breaking results are a testament to its fundamental belief that academic excellence is the surest route to success. However, the learning institution also recognises that students must also demonstrate incredible strength of character and purpose to recognise and capitalise on opportunities. Through its character curriculum, Phoenix Academy underlines the importance of resilience and personal growth, sharing experiences and inspiration from a diverse range of leaders from around the world and throughout history.
The school values of Aspiration, Knowledge and Respect underpin all of Phoenix Academy’s activities, helping to carve a path for pupils in an increasingly complex world. The school never lets its pupils down by lowering its expectations, flourishing as a London-based non-selective secondary school and sixth form catering for students aged between 11 and 18 years.
Forming part of the Future Academies Multi-Academy Trust, Phoenix Academy shares the Trust’s high standards of excellence, offering a rich and stimulating syllabus comprising diverse cultural and extracurricular opportunities, a strong pastoral support system, and a knowledge-rich curriculum. All students are welcomed into the Academy’s inclusive community, the school challenging them to be the best they can possibly be.
Thanks to the generous support of its sponsors, Future, Phoenix Academy is able to engage the most talented teachers, the most revered universities along with a wide range of prominent employers to ensure that all pupils are equipped with the knowledge and desire to be the best in their chosen path.
Phoenix Academy was the proud recipient of an OFSTED Outstanding rating in the OFSTED 2024 inspection. In 2025, the school’s best-ever A-Level results saw 25% of pupils achieving A to A* grades, with almost 60% of students receiving A* to B grades.
In the summer of 2025, Phoenix Academy was delighted to report yet another year of record-breaking GCSE and A-Level results, its GCSE results ranking in the top 3% of UK schools. This incredible achievement is a testament to the hard work and dedication of students and teachers alike.
Progress 8, the UK Government’s headline measure, enables parents to compare pupils’ achievements across different schools in England. Phoenix Academy’s Progress 8 score of +0.75 means that, on average, its pupils achieve almost an entire grade higher than similar pupils studying at other schools across the UK. This illustrates the life-changing impact that an education at Phoenix Academy can provide. The school is delighted to have met, and in many instances exceeded, a suite of ambitious targets that it set for itself in 2025.