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
1365 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
52.5%
Girls
47.5%
First language not English
15.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.8%
Persistent absence
35.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 42.6%
African 13.1%
Mixed 12.2%
Caribbean 8.8%
Other White 8.4%
Unclassified 3.6%
Other Asian 3.1%
Other Black 2.5%
Other 2.1%
Indian 2%
Chinese 0.6%
Pakistani 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

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 & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
Art & DesignGCSE1
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
250
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
107
2nd preference
96
3rd preference
128
From another Local Authority
94
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
107
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
32
To another Local Authority
41
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.1
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
237
132
105
Year 8
233
125
108
Year 9
232
113
119
Year 10
239
121
118
Year 11
205
101
104
Year 12
126
72
54
Year 13
93
53
40
Year 2022-2023

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
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