Cleeve Park School, Sidcup

In 2026, pupils at Cleeve Park School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 52.2 in Bexley and 47 across England.

35% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 56% in Bexley and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 39.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.19: pupils made below 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 34, against 42.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.9 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 172 families put Cleeve Park School as their first choice and 725 named it as one of their preferences, for 188 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 34 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Cleeve Park School are Hurstmere School (0.7 miles, Attainment 8 42.4); Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (0.7 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 75.3); Kemnal Technology College (1.2 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 30.6); and Blackfen School for Girls (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.2).

Cleeve Park School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Cleeve Park School is one of 45 schools run by The Kemnal Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.2 in 2024/25.

153 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Cleeve Park School (as of April 2026): 89% would recommend the school, 91% say their child is happy there and 63% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (63%).

Of the 170 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 42% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 85 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 34% went on to university or other higher education, 14% to apprenticeships and 27% into work. 7% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

11.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (71%), Mixed (7%) and Black (6%).

In 2026, 197 pupils (19.8%) received SEN support and 29 (2.9%) 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.

Cleeve Park School has a resourced provision for physical disability.

The nearest railway station is Albany Park Station, about 820 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bexley Lane / Cleeve Park School (->n), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cleeve Park School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 137 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bexley (284).

In 2024/25, Cleeve Park School issued 148 suspensions, 14.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Cleeve Park School are Royal Park Primary Academy (0.4 miles), St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles), Birkbeck Primary School (0.6 miles) and Hope Community School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.