Graded inspection · Feb 2024 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry725 applications · 188 places offered · 172 named it first
- 2026 3.9; Bexley median median 3.1
- 2025 3.6; Bexley median median 3.2
- 2024 2.8; Bexley median median 2.9
- 2023 3.0; Bexley median median 3.0
- 2022 2.8; Bexley median median 2.9
- 2021 3.1; Bexley median median 3.1
- 2020 4.1; Bexley median median 3.4
- 2019 4.7; Bexley median median 3.6
- 2018 3.7; Bexley median median 3.6
- 2017 3.4; Bexley median median 3.4
- 2016 3.7; Bexley median median 3.7
- 2015 3.4; 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 | 188 | 725 | 3.9 | 172 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 192 | 689 | 3.6 | 169 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 191 | 528 | 2.8 | 148 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2023 | 162 | 485 | 3.0 | 116 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2022 | 169 | 464 | 2.8 | 119 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2021 | 180 | 565 | 3.1 | 127 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2020 | 176 | 718 | 4.1 | 165 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 180 | 843 | 4.7 | 160 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2018 | 178 | 661 | 3.7 | 111 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2017 | 166 | 571 | 3.4 | 95 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2016 | 143 | 525 | 3.7 | 95 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2015 | 139 | 468 | 3.4 | 83 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2014 | 131 | 465 | 3.6 | 93 | 0.71 |
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.) | 163 | 39.6 | 35% | 52% | – |
| 2024/25 | 170 | 39.7 | 31% | 51% | – |
| 2023/24 | 170 | 43.6 | 38% | 62% | −0.19 |
| 2022/23 | 162 | 42.8 | 37% | 60% | −0.07 |
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
- Cleeve Park SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.9applications per place 39.6Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · BexleyRequires improvement20222.1applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · BexleyRemains Good20226.8applications per place 75.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.0 km · BromleyGraded · no overall grade20251.0applications per place 30.6Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · BexleyGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · BromleyRemains Good20233.9applications per place 49.6Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · BexleyOutstanding20233.7applications per place 74.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.9 km · BexleyGood20225.4applications per place 73.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.2 km · BexleyOutstanding20226.6applications per place 72.6Attainment 8 Selective
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138686 · 303/4030
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 994 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Cleeve Park School (URN 101471)
- Address
- Bexley Lane, Sidcup, DA14 4JN
- Local authority
- Bexley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources