Beths Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 73 73.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 73.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 97.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 60.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.53 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	71.6[6]	97.9%[6]
2023/24	72[4]	96.3%[4]	+0.53[4]
2022/23	73[7]	99%[7]	+0.63[7]
2021/22	75.4[8]	97%[8]	+0.57[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: B- 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade
2023/24	B-[10]
2022/23	B-[11]
2021/22	B[12]
2018/19	C+[13]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 4 May 2022[14]
Type: S5 Inspection[14]
Report published: 19 Jul 2022[14]
Personal development: Good[14]
Quality of education: Good[14]
Overall effectiveness: Good[14]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[14]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[14]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[14]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 5.3 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference): 1021 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences: 191 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered: 191 Entry Sept 2026[15]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place
Entry Sept 2025	1015[15]	169[15]	192[15]	5.3[15]
Entry Sept 2024	1008[15]	172[15]	191[15]	5.3[15]
Entry Sept 2023	891[15]	146[15]	192[15]	4.6[15]
Entry Sept 2022	883[15]	120[15]	223[15]	4.0[15]

Admissions

Application deadline: 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]
Test registration closes: 31 Mar 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]
Entrance test: Bexley selection test Entry Sept 2027[16]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Boys[1]
Admissions: Selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1740[1]
Trust: BETHS GRAMMAR SCHOOL[1]
Local authority: Bexley[1]
Website: http://www.beths.bexley.sch.uk [1]
District: Bexley [17]
Postcode: DA5 1NE[1]
URN: 136334[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1664 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language: 9.4% 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 8.7% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 0.5% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 12.6% 2024/25[18]

Practicalities

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
bexley.gov.uk: bexley.gov.uk — Before applying online secondary school. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (3)
The London Borough of Bexley is responsible for applicants resident in the borough of Bexley on the closing date for submission of the Application Form, 31 October 2026. (p. 1)
Children must have registered for the selection test by 31 March 2026 and will be tested at the beginning of September 2026. (p. 1)
Admission to all four schools is based on the results of the Bexley selection test. (p. 1)
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.