Beths Grammar School

Academy converter·Secondary school Bexley·DA5 1NE
Composite score
89.5
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National rank
#20
In London
#4
In Bexley
Top 3%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
71.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
98%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
100%
% EBacc grade 5+
46%
EBacc average points score
6.51

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
26%
191 first choices, 191 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,021
any preference, for 191 places
Applications from another council area
57%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5420220.7620230.9020240.8820251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Bexley does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Beths Grammar School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,664
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
9.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
2.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
3.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,376
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
99%
191 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
98%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Beths Grammar School

Beths Grammar School is a boys' secondary school in Bexley, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,664 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 71.6, well above the national average of 46. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 3% of secondary schools in England.

98% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 100% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 26% of the families who made Beths Grammar School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 99% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 2.9%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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