Bishop Justus CofE School

Academy converter·Secondary school Bromley·BR2 8HZ
Composite score
47.2
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#2,776
National rank
#454
In London
#18
In Bromley
Top 87%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
37.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
29%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
52%
% EBacc grade 5+
5%
EBacc average points score
3.08

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
30 first choices, 153 places
First choices per place
0.20
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
187
any preference, for 153 places
Applications from another council area
19%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5820220.4320230.2820240.2620250.202026

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

Every child who put Bishop Justus CofE School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,171
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
24.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
11.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
36.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,442
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
93%
205 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Bishop Justus CofE School

Bishop Justus CofE School is a secondary school in Bromley, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 1,171 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 37.8, below the national average of 46. That is down 3.5 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

29% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 52% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Bishop Justus CofE School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 30 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 11.5%. There are about 14.6 pupils per teacher. Bishop Justus CofE School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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