Academy sponsor led · Southwark

Bacon's College

11–19Ages
1,025Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
Sixth formAges 16–18
145313URN

Timber Pond Road, London, SE16 6AT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.2per place

0.9 below Southwark median (3.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Southwark

404 applications for 185 places · 17th of 18 in Southwark

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

51.8of 90

Southwark 51.3 England 46.0

10th of 20 in Southwark

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 8 June 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

2.2applications per place, Year 7

0.9 below Southwark median (3.1) close to England median (2.2)

404 applications · 185 places offered · 146 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.2; Southwark median median 3.1
2025 2.4; Southwark median median 3.1
2024 2.7; Southwark median median 3.1
2023 3.2; Southwark median median 3.2
2022 2.7; Southwark median median 3.1
2021 2.4; Southwark median median 3.1
2020 2.7; Southwark median median 3.2
2019 3.4; Southwark median median 3.3
2018 3.5; Southwark median median 3.4
2017 4.8; Southwark median median 3.1; as the previous school
2016 5.6; Southwark median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 5.6; Southwark median median 2.8; as the previous school
2014 5.8; Southwark median median 3.2; as the previous school

This school
Southwark median

Dashed bars: as Bacon's College (URN 135401), Bacon's College (URN 100871), the previous school.

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	185	404	2.2	146	0.79
Sep 2025	191	459	2.4	174	0.91
Sep 2024	185	493	2.7	175	0.95
Sep 2023	195	614	3.2	236	1.21
Sep 2022	195	528	2.7	193	0.99
Sep 2021	189	452	2.4	127	0.67
Sep 2020	184	498	2.7	128	0.70
Sep 2019	182	612	3.4	141	0.77
Sep 2018	179	618	3.5	118	0.66
Sep 2017 *	177	846	4.8	179	1.01
Sep 2016 *	176	976	5.6	211	1.20
Sep 2015 *	178	1,000	5.6	274	1.54
Sep 2014 *	179	1,039	5.8	240	1.34

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

174 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.810th of 20 in Southwark

Southwark 51.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths55%10th of 20 in Southwark

Southwark 55% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths76%

Southwark 73% England 66%

This school
Southwark median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.40

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	174	51.8	55%	76%	–
2024/25	172	49.4	51%	66%	–
2023/24	165	51.5	56%	72%	+0.40
2022/23	156	48.2	49%	68%	+0.12

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

Bacon's CollegeThis school
This school

Good2022

2.2applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
Bishop Challoner Catholic School
1.4 km · Tower Hamlets

Good2021

2.0applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
The Charter School Bermondsey
1.5 km · Southwark

Remains Good2022

2.8applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School
1.6 km · Tower Hamlets

2026

4.6applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
St Michael's Catholic College
1.8 km · Southwark

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.8applications per place 58.7Attainment 8
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College
1.8 km · Tower Hamlets

2026

3.2applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
Mulberry School for Girls
1.8 km · Tower Hamlets

Outstanding2024

2.3applications per place 57.2Attainment 8
Mulberry Academy London Dock
1.8 km · Tower Hamlets

Not yet inspected

2.1applications per place
Wapping High School
1.9 km · Tower Hamlets

Good2023

46.9Attainment 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: 145313 · 210/4005
Trust: United Learning Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 1,200 pupils · 1,025 on roll
Free school meals: 43.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 March 2018
Replaced: Bacon's College (URN 135401); Bacon's College (URN 100871)
Address: Timber Pond Road, London, SE16 6AT
Local authority: Southwark

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources