Cleeve Park School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 28 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bexley
Unique reference
138686
Address
Bexley Lane, DA14 4JN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1009 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
53.4%
Girls
46.6%
First language not English
12.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.7%
Persistent absence
24.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.8%
Mixed 7.3%
Other White 7%
African 4.7%
Unclassified 3.6%
Indian 2%
Caribbean 1.2%
Other Asian 1%
Other 0.8%
Chinese 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 31%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.7
Local authority average 50.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.35
Local authority average 4.51
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award92
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
English LanguageGCSE168
English LiteratureGCSE167
FrenchGCSE22
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Cleeve Park School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
192
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
169
2nd preference
161
3rd preference
138
From another Local Authority
104
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
140
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
23
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 classes24.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
195
100
95
Year 8
175
90
85
Year 9
161
75
86
Year 10
169
94
75
Year 11
173
89
84
Year 12
68
49
19
Year 13
68
42
26
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
88.4%
85.5%
Further education
38.0%
21.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
36.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
9.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
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
40.0%
72.2%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
28.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
4.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022