Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in BexleySelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 6 July 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry501 applications · 215 places offered · 104 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Bexley median median 3.1
- 2025 2.4; Bexley median median 3.2
- 2024 2.7; Bexley median median 2.9
- 2023 2.9; Bexley median median 3.0
- 2022 2.9; Bexley median median 2.9
- 2021 3.2; Bexley median median 3.1
- 2020 3.7; Bexley median median 3.4
- 2019 2.4; Bexley median median 3.6
- 2018 3.0; Bexley median median 3.6
- 2017 3.1; Bexley median median 3.4
- 2016 3.6; Bexley median median 3.7
- 2015 3.9; Bexley median median 3.9
- 2014 3.6; Bexley median median 3.6
- This school
- Bexley median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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 | 215 | 501 | 2.3 | 104 | 0.48 |
| Sep 2025 | 296 | 700 | 2.4 | 171 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2024 | 290 | 769 | 2.7 | 178 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2023 | 329 | 963 | 2.9 | 273 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2022 | 260 | 742 | 2.9 | 185 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2021 | 143 | 462 | 3.2 | 81 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2020 | 92 | 342 | 3.7 | 66 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2019 | 223 | 537 | 2.4 | 103 | 0.46 |
| Sep 2018 | 202 | 598 | 3.0 | 106 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2017 | 260 | 803 | 3.1 | 185 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2016 | 328 | 1,173 | 3.6 | 284 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2015 | 326 | 1,283 | 3.9 | 338 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2014 | 300 | 1,082 | 3.6 | 284 | 0.95 |
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.) | 183 | 47.3 | 50% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 179 | 41.1 | 30% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 204 | 41.4 | 46% | 68% | −0.42 |
| 2022/23 | 201 | 43.3 | 43% | 65% | −0.09 |
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
- Lift BexleyheathThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Bexley20262.2applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · BexleyStandards maintained20241.7applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · BexleyOutstanding20233.7applications per place 74.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.3 km · BexleyGood20225.4applications per place 73.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.3 km · BexleySpecial measures 20263.1applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Bexley20262.4applications per place 36.4Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · BexleyGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · BexleyGood20223.2applications per place 43.8Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137138 · 303/4002
- Trust
- Lift Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,900 pupils · 1,474 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Bexleyheath School (URN 101470)
- Address
- Woolwich Road, Bexleyheath, DA6 7DA
- Local authority
- Bexley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources