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Bacon's College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 52 51.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
51.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
55.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
19% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.40 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 49.4[6] 50.6%[6]
2023/24 51.5[4] 55.8%[4] +0.40[4]
2022/23 48.2[7] 49%[7] +0.12[7]
2021/22 54.9[8] 64%[8] +0.48[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12.1% 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 B-[10] 10%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 7.5%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 26.7%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 4.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
44% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
11% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
35% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 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 94%[15] 54%[15] 7%[15] 27%[15] 2%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 57%[16] 9%[16] 23%[16] 2%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 92%[17] 40%[17] 16%[17] 34%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 50%[18] 11%[18] 28%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
82% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
62% 2022/23[19]
Education
65% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 69%[20] 73%[20] 0%[20] 13%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 70%[21] 73%[21] 0%[21] 18%[21]
2019/20 93%[22] 68%[22] 84%[22] 1%[22] 7%[22]
2018/19 87%[23] 56%[23] 65%[23] 7%[23] 15%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
84% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
35% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
33% 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 86%[26] 30%[26]
2019/20 79%[25] 36%[25] 33%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 74%[27] 13%[27] 9%[27] 1%[27]

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
8 Jun 2022[28]
Type
Academy First Section 5[28]
Report published
31 Aug 2022[28]
Personal development
Good[28]
Quality of education
Good[28]
Overall effectiveness
Good[28]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[28]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[28]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[28]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[28]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Applications (any preference)
404 Entry Sept 2026[29]
First preferences
146 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Places offered
185 Entry Sept 2026[29]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 459[29] 174[29] 191[29] 2.4[29] 0.9[29]
Entry Sept 2024 493[29] 175[29] 185[29] 2.7[29] 0.9[29]
Entry Sept 2023 614[29] 236[29] 195[29] 3.1[29] 1.2[29]
Entry Sept 2022 528[29] 193[29] 195[29] 2.7[29] 1.0[29]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Southwark[1]
Website
www.baconscollege.co.uk[1]
District
Southwark[30]
Postcode
SE16 6AT[1]
URN
145313[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1002 2024/25[31]
English as an additional language
42.6% 2024/25[31]
SEN support
12.7% 2024/25[31]
EHC plan
3.7% 2024/25[31]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
50.8% 2024/25[31]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
35.9%[32]
Mixed
13.6%[32]
Asian
6%[32]
Black
34.5%[32]
Any other ethnic group
7.1%[32]
Unclassified
2.8%[32]

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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    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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