Bullers Wood School for Boys

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bromley
Unique reference
145868
Address
Chislehurst Road, BR1 2NW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
898 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
12%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.3%
Persistent absence
13.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 57.5%
Mixed 11.1%
Other White 8.5%
African 7.3%
Other Asian 2.9%
Indian 2.8%
Other 2.4%
Caribbean 2.3%
Other Black 1.3%
Unclassified 1.3%
Chinese 0.9%
Pakistani 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 60%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.6
Local authority average 51.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.55
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE42
BiologyGCSE43
Business Studies:SingleGCSE95
ChemistryGCSE43
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE47
Design & TechnologyGCSE53
English LanguageGCSE173
English LiteratureGCSE173
GeographyGCSE100
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bullers Wood School for Boys

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
172
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
180
2nd preference
127
3rd preference
111
From another Local Authority
131
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
132
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
9
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
180
180
0
Year 8
177
177
0
Year 9
179
179
0
Year 10
181
181
0
Year 11
181
181
0
Year 2023-2024