Bishop Justus CofE School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 23 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bromley
Unique reference
136466
Address
Magpie Hall Lane, BR2 8HZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1308 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
51.9%
Girls
48.1%
First language not English
20%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.4%
Persistent absence
33.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.5%
African 16.7%
Mixed 13.2%
Other White 9.3%
Caribbean 9%
Unclassified 3.2%
Other Asian 3%
Other Black 2.5%
Indian 2.2%
Other 2%
Pakistani 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.69
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 60%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.2
Local authority average 51.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.59
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award23
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
BiologyGCSE49
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE48
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
DanceGCSE8
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bishop Justus CofE School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
248
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
69
2nd preference
68
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
79
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
69
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
21
To another Local Authority
40
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 classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
96
113
Year 8
234
126
108
Year 9
237
130
107
Year 10
216
112
104
Year 11
236
122
114
Year 12
55
24
31
Year 13
121
69
52
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
90.4%
86.5%
Further education
22.0%
17.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
63.0%
69.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
2.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
79.0%
66.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
21.0%
22.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
19.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020