Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in BexleySelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry1,377 applications · 208 places offered · 334 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 6.6; Bexley median median 3.1
- 2025 6.9; Bexley median median 3.2
- 2024 6.9; Bexley median median 2.9
- 2023 7.3; Bexley median median 3.0
- 2022 7.7; Bexley median median 2.9
- 2021 13.3; Bexley median median 3.1
- 2020 6.4; Bexley median median 3.4
- 2019 5.9; Bexley median median 3.6
- 2018 7.3; Bexley median median 3.6
- 2017 7.2; Bexley median median 3.4
- 2016 6.9; Bexley median median 3.7
- 2015 6.5; Bexley median median 3.9
- 2014 5.9; Bexley median median 3.6
- This school
- Bexley median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 208 | 1,377 | 6.6 | 334 | 1.61 |
| Sep 2025 | 212 | 1,470 | 6.9 | 358 | 1.69 |
| Sep 2024 | 210 | 1,443 | 6.9 | 338 | 1.61 |
| Sep 2023 | 190 | 1,395 | 7.3 | 335 | 1.76 |
| Sep 2022 | 192 | 1,476 | 7.7 | 367 | 1.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 191 | 2,548 | 13.3 | 714 | 3.74 |
| Sep 2020 | 223 | 1,415 | 6.4 | 350 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2019 | 222 | 1,300 | 5.9 | 307 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2018 | 191 | 1,384 | 7.3 | 265 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2017 | 191 | 1,366 | 7.2 | 312 | 1.63 |
| Sep 2016 | 192 | 1,315 | 6.9 | 319 | 1.66 |
| Sep 2015 | 191 | 1,236 | 6.5 | 272 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2014 | 192 | 1,126 | 5.9 | 259 | 1.35 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 189 | 72.6 | 96% | 100% | – |
| 2024/25 | 223 | 74.7 | 98% | 100% | – |
| 2023/24 | 223 | 74.7 | 98% | 100% | +0.49 |
| 2022/23 | 192 | 74.0 | 98% | 99% | +0.62 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Bexley Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20226.6applications per place 72.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.9 km · BexleyGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · BexleyImproved significantly20255.4applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Bexley20262.4applications per place 36.4Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · BexleyRequires improvement20222.1applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · GreenwichGood20235.2applications per place 53.1Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · BexleyRemains Good20226.8applications per place 75.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.4 km · BexleyOutstanding20233.7applications per place 74.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.7 km · Bexley20262.3applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136369 · 303/4000
- Trust
- Bexley Grammar School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,357 pupils · 1,504 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 January 2011
- Replaced
- Bexley Grammar School (URN 101462)
- Address
- Danson Lane, Welling, DA16 2BL
- Local authority
- Bexley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources