Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 13 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bexley
Unique reference
137423
Address
Hurst Road, DA15 9AG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1517 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
59.0%
Girls
41.0%
First language not English
10.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.2%
Persistent absence
6.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
0.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 51.5%
Other White 11.1%
Mixed 10.2%
African 8.7%
Indian 5.1%
Chinese 4.3%
Other Asian 4%
Unclassified 1.4%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Other 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 96%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 75.4
Local authority average 50.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 7.46
Local authority average 4.51
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
AstronomyGCSE3
BiologyGCSE92
ChemistryGCSE92
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE29
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE81
Design & TechnologyGCSE44
English LanguageGCSE188
English LiteratureGCSE187
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
192
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
272
2nd preference
300
3rd preference
275
From another Local Authority
752
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
145
2nd preference
35
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
96
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
190
129
61
Year 8
193
113
80
Year 9
192
115
77
Year 10
203
117
86
Year 11
189
124
65
Year 12
293
143
150
Year 13
257
154
103
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
88.4%
85.5%
Further education
2.0%
21.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
93.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
9.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
79.0%
72.2%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
43.0%
28.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
4.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022