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Bullers Wood School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 56 56.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
56.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
64.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
26.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.37 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 56.3[6] 64.9%[6]
2023/24 56.3[4] 63.8%[4] +0.37[4]
2022/23 55.4[7] 63%[7] +0.28[7]
2021/22 56.2[8] 62%[8] +0.11[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] 8.7%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 5.8%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 9.8%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 4.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
77% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
11% 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 97%[15] 66%[15] 6%[15] 21%[15] 0%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 80%[16] 4%[16] 10%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 77%[17] 1%[17] 13%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 73%[18] 1%[18] 14%[18] 3%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
57% 2022/23[19]
Education
58% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
26% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[20] 61%[20] 65%[20] 6%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 59%[21] 62%[21] 7%[21] 19%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 66%[22] 70%[22] 5%[22] 9%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 60%[23] 67%[23] 4%[23] 22%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
71% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
22% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
20% 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 70%[26] 20%[26]
2019/20 81%[25] 23%[25] 20%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 17%[27] 14%[27]
2017/18 72%[28] 15%[28] 13%[28] 1%[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
28 Feb 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
25 Apr 2024[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
3.4 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
757 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
210 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
224 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 745[30] 231[30] 227[30] 3.3[30] 1.0[30]
Entry Sept 2024 785[30] 249[30] 227[30] 3.5[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2023 849[30] 296[30] 228[30] 3.7[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2022 894[30] 311[30] 228[30] 3.9[30] 1.4[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1589[1]
Trust
LUMERO EDUCATIONAL TRUST[1]
Local authority
Bromley[1]
Website
www.bwsgirls.org[1]
District
Bromley[31]
Postcode
BR7 5LJ[1]
URN
136709[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1571 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
12.7% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
11.9% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
2% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.5% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
69.6%[33]
Mixed
12.4%[33]
Asian
6.3%[33]
Black
7.9%[33]
Any other ethnic group
2.2%[33]
Unclassified
1.6%[33]

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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