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Beths Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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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 Grade 7+ 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]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.6% 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] 15.8%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 16.3%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 18.9%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 13.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
93% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
2% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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 99%[15] 94%[15] 2%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 94%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 93%[17] 1%[17] 4%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 93%[18] 1%[18] 3%[18] 2%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
71% 2022/23[19]
Education
72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
11% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[20] 71%[20] 77%[20] 4%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 77%[21] 80%[21] 4%[21] 10%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 75%[22] 79%[22] 5%[22] 6%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 69%[23] 71%[23] 6%[23] 15%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
85% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
41% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
31% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 88%[26] 42%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 35%[25] 31%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 22%[27] 18%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 79%[28] 24%[28] 19%[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 May 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
19 Jul 2022[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
5.3 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
1021 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
191 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
191 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1015[30] 169[30] 192[30] 5.3[30] 0.9[30]
Entry Sept 2024 1008[30] 172[30] 191[30] 5.3[30] 0.9[30]
Entry Sept 2023 891[30] 146[30] 192[30] 4.6[30] 0.8[30]
Entry Sept 2022 883[30] 120[30] 223[30] 4.0[30] 0.5[30]

Admissions

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

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[32]
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[33]
English as an additional language
9.4% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
8.7% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.5% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
26.7%[34]
Mixed
22.9%[34]
Asian
21.2%[34]
Black
23.6%[34]
Any other ethnic group
2.7%[34]
Unclassified
2.9%[34]

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.

In the inspectors' and the school's words

Academic
Leaders have high expectations of all pupils.[35]
Warmth
They are polite and kind to adults and their peers. They are proud to be members of the school’s community.[35]
Pastoral care
Parents and carers typically value the school and described it as ‘caring’ and ‘supportive’.[35]
Behaviour
Behaviour is exceptional. Pupils demonstrate high levels of respect and self-control.[35]
Learning support
Support for pupils with SEND is variable. some pupils with SEND do not receive the most appropriate support.[35]
Enrichment
Leaders provide extra-curricular opportunities, including robotics club and songwriting club.[35]
Pupil voice
Pupil leaders collect the views of their peers on topical issues such as the school uniform.[35]
Collaboration
Leaders set up the house system to encourage pupils to work together and to build a strong school community. Pupils are articulate and support each other in their learning.[35]
Performing arts
in a recent musical production of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, older and younger pupils worked closely together[35]

Sources

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  31. 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)
  32. 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.
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  34. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  35. files.ofsted.gov.uk: files.ofsted.gov.uk document. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (12)
    They are polite and kind to adults and their peers (p. 2)
    They are proud to be members of the school's community (p. 2)
    Leaders have high expectations of all pupils (p. 2)
    Parents and carers typically value the school and described it as 'caring' and 'supportive' (p. 2)
    Behaviour is exceptional. Pupils demonstrate high levels of respect and self-control (p. 2)
    Leaders provide extra-curricular opportunities, including robotics club and songwriting club (p. 3)
    Pupil leaders collect the views of their peers on topical issues such as the school uniform (p. 2)
    Leaders set up the house system to encourage pupils to work together and to build a strong school community (p. 2)
    Pupils are articulate and support each other in their learning (p. 2)
    in a recent musical production of 'The Wizard of Oz', older and younger pupils worked closely together (p. 2)
    Support for pupils with SEND is variable (p. 3)
    some pupils with SEND do not receive the most appropriate support (p. 4)