Townley Grammar School

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Townley Road
Bexleyheath
Kent
DA6 7AB
Phone 02083048311
Reference Number 137769

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Townley Grammar School, located on Townley Road (DA6 7AB) in Bexleyheath, London Borough of Bexley, is an academically selective, all-girls secondary institution that has achieved academy status. Established in 1937, it provides education spanning Years 7 through 18, with a single-sex setting for students from ages 11 to 18 and a mixed-sex sixth form. The school specializes in STEM subjects, with a curriculum focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and holds Specialist Status for the performing and visual arts, maths, and computing.

Townley Grammar School aims to be both academically excellent and socially responsible. Its Sixth Form consistently achieves outstanding exam results, with nearly all students progressing to higher education, and it features regular exchanges with international schools in Delhi, Germany, and partakes in educational visits to the United States, including Silicon Valley and New York City.

The institution has a strong extra-curricular program, covering a diverse range of activities, and has been awarded the Gold Arts Mark for excellence in the arts, which includes three choirs, two orchestras, a concert band, string, and woodwind ensembles. The school also boasts a 100% pass rate at GCSE level and has been noted for its high standards of character education and pastoral care. The only way to gain entry is by passing the 11-plus exam.

Townley Grammar School occupies a 17-acre site with sporting facilities and a modern building completed in 2006 that includes a theatre, recording studio, Sports Hall, five science labs, and an ICT suite. The school has a total enrollment of approximately 1,602 students and is led by Headteacher Nevita Pandya as of 2020.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1602
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 6.18%
Girls: 93.82%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 6.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 23.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 Unknown 224 224
8 Unknown 224 224
9 Unknown 224 224
10 Unknown 223 223
11 Unknown 220 220
12 63 213 276
13 36 175 211

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 28.7%
White, British 14.4%
Indian 12.9%
Asian, Other 11.1%
White, Other 6.5%
Chinese 4.7%
Mixed, Other 3.4%
White & Asian 2.9%
White & Black (African) 1.7%
Pakistani 1.7%
Caribbean 1.6%
Unclassified 1.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
Irish 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
 >  Quality of education Outstanding
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Outstanding
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Outstanding
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2023-04-28
Date Description Report
2023-02-28 School inspection: School inspection:
2021-11-24 School inspection School inspection
2015-11-25 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-03-28 Interim assessment Interim assessment
2012-02-14 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
2012-01-30 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2011-02-02 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-11-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-02-11 Full inspection Full inspection
2011-02-02 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-11-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2002-02-11 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)
75.5 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 99% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 100% 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 39.3 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 39.25 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B C C+
Average Grade (best 3) B C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 23.4% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 262 51
Third Preference 200 15
From another Local Authority 599 138

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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