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Best secondary schools in Bexley

14 of 16 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Bexley schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 4 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Sidcup grammar 0.82 Good oversubscribed 1.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 St Catherine's Catholic School Bexleyheath hidden gem 0.75 Good undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Townley Grammar School Bexleyheath hidden gem grammar 0.66 Outstanding undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Beths Grammar School Bexley grammar 0.53 Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Bexley Grammar School Welling grammar 0.49 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.61 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 St Columba's Catholic Boys' School Bexleyheath hidden gem 0.04 Good undersubscribed 0.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Harris Academy Falconwood Welling hidden gem -0.02 Good declining about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Haberdashers' Crayford Academy Dartford hidden gem -0.13 Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Blackfen School for Girls Sidcup -0.14 Not judged undersubscribed 0.54 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Cleeve Park School Sidcup hidden gem -0.19 Good improving about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Lift Bexleyheath Bexleyheath hidden gem -0.42 Good undersubscribed 0.48 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere Belvedere hidden gem -0.54 Good undersubscribed 0.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Welling School Welling -0.82 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Leigh Academy Bexley Erith -0.95 Inadequate about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Bexley

2 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Bexley, not a fairer one.

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