Bexley Grammar School, Welling

In its own words: "Every school has its own ethos, or character, and the ethos of Bexley Grammar School is one of the most fundamentally important parts of everyday school life. Our ethos promotes respect, resilience and the ambition to achieve the very best that you can in whatever you do, inside or outside of the classroom."

Coming up: an open evening on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Bexley Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 72.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 52.2 in Bexley and 47 across England.

96% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 56% in Bexley and 47% in England.

That is down from 74.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.49: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

Bexley Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 334 families put Bexley Grammar School as their first choice and 1377 named it as one of their preferences, for 208 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 165 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Bexley Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Bexley Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Bexley's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Bexley has 4 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bexley Grammar School are Blackfen School for Girls (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.2); Harris Academy Falconwood (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.7); Welling School (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 36.4); and Hurstmere School (1.3 miles, Attainment 8 42.4).

Bexley Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 223 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 97% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 1% to a further education college and 0% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 232 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 77% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 11% into work. 51% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

2.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 30 pupils (2%) received SEN support and 15 (1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Bexley Grammar School has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs and physical disability: 10 places, 0 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Welling Station, about 950 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wendover Way, 360 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bexley Grammar School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Bexley Grammar School issued 27 suspensions, 1.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bexley Grammar School are Danson Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Hook Lane Primary School (0.4 miles), St Stephen's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles) and Sherwood Park Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.