Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sidcup, Bexley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.086 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School is a secondary school in Sidcup, Bexley for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 December 2022. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Chislehurst and Sidcup 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 | 3.086 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 in 2026 there were 341 first-choice applications for 211 offers, 1.6 first choices per offer, the highest of 15 Bexley secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 816 of the 1,426 applications (57%) came from families living outside Bexley, and 126 offers went to them.
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 3.086 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 99% got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bexley.
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
- Hurst Road, Sidcup, DA15 9AG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,561 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this school.”
- “Leaders have high expectations for pupils’ conduct.”
- “They seek to develop inquiring, informed and compassionate young leaders.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistent in all subject departments.”
- “Sometimes, pupils’ misconceptions are not successfully addressed, or they cannot use key vocabulary accurately.”
- “That said, leaders have not embedded systems to check that strategies are effective or being consistently used by staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 February 2023 (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) | 99% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 75.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
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: 341 first-preference applications, 211 offers in total, 161 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.
- Hurstmere School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cleeve Park School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackfen School for Girls 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bexley Grammar School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Townley Grammar School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Harris Academy Falconwood 1.7 mi Improved significantly
- Beths Grammar School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Welling School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published