Bacon's College, London

In 2026, pupils at Bacon's College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.7 in Southwark and 47 across England.

55% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 53% in Southwark and 47% in England.

That is up from 49.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.4: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 48.7, against 55.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 146 families put Bacon's College as their first choice and 404 named it as one of their preferences, for 185 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bacon's College are Bishop Challoner Catholic School (0.9 miles, Attainment 8 43.8); The Charter School Bermondsey (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 43.9); Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54); and St Michael's Catholic College (1.1 miles, Attainment 8 58.7).

Bacon's College's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Bacon's College is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

Of the 165 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 30% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 70 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 50% went on to university or other higher education, 13% to apprenticeships and 10% into work. 18% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

43.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 42.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (35%), White British (25%) and Mixed (14%).

The nearest railway station is Canada Water Station, about 650 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Smith Close (->w), 330 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bacon's College stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Bacon's College issued 87 suspensions, 8.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bacon's College are St John's Roman Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles); Alfred Salter Primary School (0.2 miles); Redriff Primary, City of London Academy (0.2 miles); and Peter Hills with St Mary's and St Paul's CofE Primary School (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.