Bonus Pastor Catholic College

Academy converter·Secondary school Bromley, Lewisham·BR1 5PZ
Composite score
63.4
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#831
National rank
#228
In London
#4
In Lewisham
Top 26%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
50.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
43%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
71%
% EBacc grade 5+
11%
EBacc average points score
4.40

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
50%
305 first choices, 172 places
First choices per place
1.77
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
686
any preference, for 172 places
Applications from another council area
18%

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Bonus Pastor Catholic College yet. Lewisham does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
914
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
11.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
6.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,648
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
98%
181 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
97%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Bonus Pastor Catholic College

Bonus Pastor Catholic College is a secondary school in Bromley, Lewisham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 914 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 50.7 — above the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 26% of secondary schools nationally.

43% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 71% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Bonus Pastor Catholic College is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 305 first choices for 172 places. After Year 11, 98% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. There are about 15.2 pupils per teacher. Bonus Pastor Catholic College 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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