Townley Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Bexleyheath, Bexley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
7.076 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Townley Grammar School is a secondary school in Bexleyheath, Bexley for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 28 February 2023. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Townley 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 | 7.076 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
- In Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 7.076 miles away, the longest of 9 Bexley secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 190 first-choice applications for 246 offers; 132 offers went to first-choice families and 58 first-choice families (31%) were not offered a place.
- 554 of the 902 Year 7 2026 applications (61%) came from families living outside Bexley, and 154 offers went to them.
- 97% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 3rd 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
- Townley Road, Bexleyheath, DA6 7AB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,669 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 28 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud of their school.”
- “They feel highly valued and know that their voices are heard.”
- “For example, pupils made a significant contribution to the choice of books that they now study in English.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 April 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) | 97% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 75 | 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: 190 first-preference applications, 246 offers in total, 132 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.
- Beths Grammar School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lift Bexleyheath 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Columba's Catholic Boys' School 0.7 mi Standards maintained
- St Catherine's Catholic School 0.8 mi Good
- Blackfen School for Girls 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hurstmere School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bexley Grammar School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Welling School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published