Bexley Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Welling, Bexley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.847 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bexley Grammar School is a secondary school in Welling, Bexley for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 18 October 2022. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Bexley Grammar School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.847 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, there were 334 first-choice applications for 208 offers; 169 offers went to first-choice families, and 165 first-choice families (49%) were not offered a place.
- 688 of the 1,377 applications (50%) for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside Bexley; 21 offers went to them.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.847 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 98% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 74.7 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bexley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Danson Lane, Welling, DA16 2BL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,504 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 18 October 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders’ expectations of pupils are very high in all aspects of school life.”
- “Pupils study a challenging curriculum and are very well prepared to become responsible citizens.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are extremely positive.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 98% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 74.7 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 334 first-preference applications, 208 offers in total, 169 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bexley.
- Blackfen School for Girls 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harris Academy Falconwood 0.8 mi Improved significantly
- Welling School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hurstmere School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Townley Grammar School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lift Bexleyheath 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cleeve Park School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published