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Grammar secondary · 11 to 18 · Boys · 1,701 pupils

Beths Grammar School

Hartford Road, Bexley, DA5 1NE
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Ofsted: Good · May 2022Top 19% (3/16)About one first choice per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 82nd of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Top 19%.
Top 19% (3/16)Rank among 16 Bexley secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Bexley league table →
Inspection
Good, May 2022
Getting in
Last offer 6.07 mi (2022)
Results
+0.53 progress 8; 73.2 attainment 8
Size
1,701 pupils; 191 places a year; classes of 25
Run by
Beths Grammar School
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11 to 18 · Boys
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: +0.53, against +0.01 in Bexley.
  • Attainment 8: 73.2, against 52.4 in Bexley.
  • Selective: places go by the 11+ test first.
Could your child get in?In 2022 offers reached 6.07 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.Check a postcode ↓ Schools for usRank every school near you by the measures that matter to your family, each reason shown.Rank schools →

At a glance

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SourceWhere these figures come from

How it is worked outBexley and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.

Against Bexley and England
This schoolBexleyEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
+0.53
Better than Bexley
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
73.2
Better than Bexley
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
98%
Better than Bexley
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
2.6%
Better than Bexley
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
2.4%
Better than Bexley
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
1.9
Better than Bexley
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
24.7
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
12%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
20.2
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.0
More sought after than Bexley
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027
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SourceLondon Borough of Bexley offer-day figures, 2022.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

In 2022 offers reached 6.07 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: London Borough of Bexley, 2022 to 2022.

Things to know
  • Distances are straight lines from the school.
EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72022————6.07

A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 4 May 2022
DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026

  • Good
  • Progress 8: +0.53 (England +0.01) (county +0.01)
  • Attainment 8: 73.2 (England 47.4) (county 52.4)
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 98% (England 48%) (county 57%)
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: well above average

Results

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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8+0.53+0.01+0.012023/2024
Attainment 873.247.452.42025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above98%48%57%2025/2026
Average A level gradeB-——2024/2025

League table place

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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)Top 19% (3/16)
A level (16 to 18)Top 28% (3/11)

Where leavers go

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SourceDfE, destination measures.

Things to know
  • A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.
StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2419198%In education 98%; Apprenticeship 0.5%; Employment 0.0%
After GCSEs2022/2319199%In education 98%; Apprenticeship 1.0%; Employment 0.0%
After GCSEs2021/22192100%In education 98%; Apprenticeship 0.5%; Employment 0.5%
After sixth form2023/2435788%Further education 0.0%; Apprenticeship 5.0%; Employment 8.4%
After sixth form2022/2341490%Further education 1.0%; Apprenticeship 7.0%; Employment 11%
After sixth form2021/2235693%Further education 1.7%; Apprenticeship 3.9%; Employment 12%
Bexley league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Absence: 2.6% of sessions missed; 2.4% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 7.4% and 19%
  • Suspensions: 2 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 9); 0 permanent exclusions
  • Classes average 24.7 pupils; 40% of classes have more than 30
  • 20.2 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 208 m, rail 733 m
  • 60 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (1 fatal, 11 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 14.5 µg/m³, PM2.5 8.6 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 831 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/252.6%2.4%0.1%2.4%0.0%
2023/242.9%2.7%0.2%3.3%0.1%
2022/233.9%3.7%0.2%5.2%0.1%
Schools with a similar intake7.4%19%

Suspensions and exclusions

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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/251.91.4%310
2023/242.52.0%420
2022/231.81.3%310
Schools with a similar intake8.9

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size24.72025/26
Classes over 30 pupils40%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher20.2November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus208
rail733

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 11 serious and 1 fatal in all; 7 involved a pedestrian, 5 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
20257
202414
202312
20229
202118

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO214.52024
PM1014.72024
PM258.62024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals12%2025/26
First language other than English10%2025/26
SEN support7.1%2025/26
Education, health and care plan0.6%2025/26
Girls15%2025/26

Ofsted

Ofsted, May 2022The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2022.

DateKindOutcome
4 May 2022Graded inspectionGood

Admissions

Getting in

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools
DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026

  • Places are given by the 11+ test first, then usually by distance or area.
  • 191 families put it first for 191 places; 50 of them got in
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Applications and offers, DfE

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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 720261911911,02150
Year 720251921691,01560
Year 720241911721,00862
Year 7202319214689186
Year 7202222312088375
Year 720212242001,27770
Year 7202022410584076
Year 7201919110877586
Year 72018191165843112
Year 7201719114981198

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined October 2010
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 October 2010

  • Beths Grammar School
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 October 2010
  • Replaced Beths Grammar School (URN 101479)
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Schools nearby

St Columba's Catholic Boys' School0.4 miTownley Grammar School0.5 miSt Catherine's Catholic School0.6 miLift Bexleyheath0.8 miCompare side by side →

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Old Bexley Village Pre-school0.5 miles
Nickie's Nippers Pre School Ltd0.9 miles
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Bexley Heath0.9 miles
Enchanted Wood Preschool Ltd- The Broadway0.9 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: London Borough of Bexley
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

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