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Bishop Justus CofE School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 43.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
42.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.68 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 37.8[6] 29.2%[6]
2023/24 41.3[4] 36.9%[4] -0.68[4]
2022/23 42.2[7] 37%[7] -0.69[7]
2021/22 47.2[8] 49%[8] -0.44[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
9.1% 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 AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 6.3%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 3.8%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 7.5%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 7.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
51% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
6% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
31% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 64%[15] 1%[15] 25%[15] 1%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 63%[16] 2%[16] 22%[16] 3%[16] 6%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 64%[17] 4%[17] 25%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 69%[18] 2%[18] 18%[18] 2%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[19]
Education
58% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
23% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 61%[20] 3%[20] 20%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 68%[21] 2%[21] 24%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 74%[22] 3%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 68%[23] 7%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
72% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
12% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 77%[26] 18%[26]
2019/20 79%[25] 21%[25] 19%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 78%[27] 15%[27] 9%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 79%[28] 8%[28] 7%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
4 Feb 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
25 Mar 2025[29]
Personal development
Requires improvement[29]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Requires improvement[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
22 Jan 2020[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
187 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
30 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
153 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 368[32] 51[32] 198[32] 1.9[32] 0.3[32]
Entry Sept 2024 446[32] 69[32] 248[32] 1.8[32] 0.3[32]
Entry Sept 2023 603[32] 107[32] 250[32] 2.4[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2022 653[32] 137[32] 237[32] 2.8[32] 0.6[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1355[1]
Trust
AQUINAS CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED[1]
Local authority
Bromley[1]
Website
www.bishopjustus.bromley.sch.uk[1]
District
Bromley[33]
Postcode
BR2 8HZ[1]
URN
136466[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1171 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
24.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
13.1% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.8% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
39.6%[35]
Mixed
13.3%[35]
Asian
7.8%[35]
Black
35.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.7%[35]
Unclassified
2%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    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.
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    Quote
    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.
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