Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Exceptional | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Exceptional | ||||
| Early years | Exceptional | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong 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
- 21 April 2026Report card · 3 Exceptional, 4 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 17 November 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 entry552 applications · 150 places offered · 192 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 3.7; Bexley median median 3.1
- 2025 3.7; Bexley median median 3.2
- 2024 2.9; Bexley median median 2.9
- 2023 3.7; Bexley median median 3.0
- 2022 3.0; Bexley median median 2.9
- 2021 2.6; Bexley median median 3.1
- 2020 2.5; Bexley median median 3.4
- 2019 1.7; Bexley median median 3.6
- 2018 1.9; Bexley median median 3.6
- 2017 2.6; Bexley median median 3.4; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Bexley median median 3.7; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Bexley median median 3.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.4; Bexley median median 3.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Bexley median
Dashed bars: as The Business Academy Bexley (URN 133769), the previous school.
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.0 per place (86 applications for 44 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 150 | 552 | 3.7 | 192 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2025 | 153 | 571 | 3.7 | 188 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2024 | 155 | 456 | 2.9 | 133 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 147 | 536 | 3.7 | 185 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2022 | 170 | 507 | 3.0 | 171 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2021 | 190 | 497 | 2.6 | 146 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2020 | 190 | 480 | 2.5 | 134 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2019 | 209 | 350 | 1.7 | 132 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2018 | 151 | 293 | 1.9 | 99 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2017 * | 55 | 143 | 2.6 | 33 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2016 * | 121 | 247 | 2.0 | 63 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2015 * | 116 | 236 | 2.0 | 70 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2014 * | 120 | 291 | 2.4 | 81 | 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.) | 194 | 49.2 | 46% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 210 | 48.1 | 46% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 194 | 47.5 | 46% | 64% | +0.54 |
| 2022/23 | 205 | 46.2 | 34% | 58% | +0.28 |
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
- Harris Garrard AcademyThis schoolThis school20263.7applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · GreenwichGood20231.6applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · GreenwichRemains Good20240.9applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Greenwich20261.3applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Bexley20262.3applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Barking and DagenhamOutstanding20221.9applications per place 57.9Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · BexleySpecial measures 20263.1applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Bexley20262.4applications per place 36.4Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · GreenwichRequires improvement20231.7applications per place 41.0Attainment 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
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 145140 · 303/4003
- Trust
- Harris Federation
- Capacity
- 1,780 pupils · 1,505 on roll
- Free school meals
- 43.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Replaced
- The Business Academy Bexley (URN 133769)
- Address
- Yarnton Way, Thamesmead, Erith, DA18 4DW
- Local authority
- Bexley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources