Blackfen School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sidcup, Bexley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.146 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Blackfen School for Girls is a secondary school in Sidcup, Bexley for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Blackfen School for Girls 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 | 5.146 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
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was 5.146 miles, the 4th longest of the 9 Bexley secondary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- In 2026, Year 7 had 120 first-choice applications for 223 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 103 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 67 of the 534 applications (13%) for Year 7 in 2026 came from families living outside Bexley, and 21 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 39% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th lowest 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
- Blackfen Road, Sidcup, DA15 9NU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,324 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “Blackfen School for Girls fosters a welcoming and friendly environment.”
- “Staff know their pupils well and have high expectations of them.”
- “Staff provide daily care and support when needed.”
To improve
- “The curriculum in some subjects is not implemented with sufficient precision.”
- “In these instances, teaching does not check pupils’ understanding as carefully.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not develop the same depth of knowledge and understanding and achieve less well, including in national examinations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2025 (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) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | 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: 120 first-preference applications, 223 offers in total, 120 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.
- Bexley Grammar School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hurstmere School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Townley Grammar School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Harris Academy Falconwood 1.2 mi Improved significantly
- Welling School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cleeve Park School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lift Bexleyheath 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published