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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 27 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 23 September 2014Graded 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 entry270 applications · 159 places offered · 84 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.7; Bexley median median 3.1
- 2025 2.0; Bexley median median 3.2
- 2024 2.1; Bexley median median 2.9
- 2023 2.1; Bexley median median 3.0
- 2022 2.0; Bexley median median 2.9
- 2021 1.9; Bexley median median 3.1
- 2020 2.3; Bexley median median 3.4
- 2019 2.0; Bexley median median 3.6
- 2018 2.1; Bexley median median 3.6
- 2017 2.5; Bexley median median 3.4
- 2016 2.0; Bexley median median 3.7
- 2015 1.8; Bexley median median 3.9
- 2014 2.9; 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 | 159 | 270 | 1.7 | 84 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2025 | 135 | 270 | 2.0 | 77 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2024 | 129 | 272 | 2.1 | 73 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2023 | 137 | 291 | 2.1 | 82 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2022 | 133 | 269 | 2.0 | 78 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2021 | 169 | 314 | 1.9 | 67 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2020 | 144 | 332 | 2.3 | 89 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2019 | 157 | 318 | 2.0 | 86 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2018 | 161 | 335 | 2.1 | 94 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2017 | 115 | 284 | 2.5 | 77 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2016 | 155 | 316 | 2.0 | 97 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2015 | 160 | 280 | 1.8 | 87 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2014 | 74 | 216 | 2.9 | 50 | 0.68 |
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.) | 169 | 48.9 | 52% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 158 | 51.4 | 53% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 169 | 47.4 | 50% | 68% | +0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 168 | 43.4 | 39% | 60% | −0.17 |
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
- St Columba's Catholic Boys' SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.7applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 0.3 km · Bexley20262.2applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · BexleyGood20225.4applications per place 73.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.9 km · Bexley20262.3applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · BexleyOutstanding20233.7applications per place 74.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.9 km · BexleyGood20223.2applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · BexleySpecial measures 20263.1applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · BexleyGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · BexleyRequires improvement20222.1applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138650 · 303/5401
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 805 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- St Columba's Catholic Boys' School (URN 101477)
- Address
- Halcot Avenue, Bexleyheath, DA6 7QB
- Local authority
- Bexley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources