Bexleyheath Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Woolwich Road
Bexleyheath
Kent
DA6 7DA
Phone 02083035696
Reference Number 137138

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1394
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.87%
Girls: 46.13%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 26.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 35.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 181 149 330
8 188 139 327
9 96 93 189
10 86 94 180
11 121 94 215
12 37 29 66
13 42 45 87

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 52.9%
African 12.3%
White, Other 11.8%
Indian 4.4%
Mixed, Other 3.4%
Asian, Other 3.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.4%
White & Asian 2%
White & Black (African) 1.6%
Caribbean 1.1%
Chinese 0.9%
Pakistani 0.8%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2021-09-13
Date Description Report
2021-07-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2021-02-03 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2019-11-26 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2019-04-24 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2018-11-28 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2017-12-14 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2017-03-17 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2016-05-04 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-01-14 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2013-09-18 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
41.2 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 45.6% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 58.3% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 29.08 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 36.96 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C C C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 17.4% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 197 44
Third Preference 160 25
From another Local Authority 75 17

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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0.68 miles
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0.74 miles
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0.75 miles
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0.84 miles
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0.89 miles
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0.99 miles
Aspire Academy
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1.02 miles
Barnehurst Junior School
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1.03 miles
Barrington Primary School
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1.03 miles
Belmont Academy
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1.06 miles
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1.15 miles
Northumberland Heath Primary School
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1.19 miles
Old Bexley Church of England School
Hurst Road, Bexley, Kent, DA5 3JR
1.23 miles
St Paulinus Church of England Primary School
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1.31 miles
St Michael's East Wickham Church of England Primary School
Wrotham Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1LS
1.32 miles
Name Distance
St Catherine's Catholic School
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0.53 miles
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
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0.58 miles
Townley Grammar School
Townley Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7AB
0.59 miles
Beths Grammar School
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0.8 miles
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0.96 miles
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1.13 miles
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1.35 miles
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1.43 miles
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1.44 miles
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1.53 miles
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1.54 miles
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1.59 miles
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1.6 miles
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1.68 miles
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1.91 miles
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2.06 miles
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2.16 miles
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