Beths Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 5 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bexley
Unique reference
136334
Address
Hartford Road, DA5 1NE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1672 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
87.6%
Girls
12.4%
First language not English
11.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.9%
Persistent absence
5.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.4%
Pupil ethnicities
Mixed 26.7%
White British 24.2%
African 13.4%
Indian 7.3%
Other White 6.3%
Other Asian 5.7%
Unclassified 3.9%
Other 3.2%
Bangladeshi 2.9%
Other Black 2.2%
Caribbean 1.7%
Chinese 1.6%
Pakistani 0.8%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.63
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 52%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 73
Local authority average 49.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.61
Local authority average 4.41
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE15
BiologyGCSE190
Business Studies:SingleGCSE88
ChemistryGCSE190
ChineseGCSE18
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE53
Design & TechnologyGCSE53
EconomicsGCSE74
ElectronicsGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE190
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Beths Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
191
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
172
2nd preference
249
3rd preference
271
From another Local Authority
610
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
62
2nd preference
51
3rd preference
40
To another Local Authority
150
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
192
192
0
Year 8
192
192
0
Year 9
192
192
0
Year 10
193
193
0
Year 11
191
191
0
Year 12
360
251
109
Year 13
352
253
99
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
88.5%
85.6%
Further education
1.0%
21.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
94.0%
59.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
2.0%
7.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.2%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
88.0%
76.3%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
42.0%
33.4%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021