Beths Grammar School

Bexley, DA5 1NE · Bexley grammar school

Ofsted: Good Boys
Furthest distance offered (2025)
6.55 miles
Test board
Consortium: Bexley Selection Test. Administered by Quest Assessments; two timed multiple-choice papers

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2022-05-04)

Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children
  2. Top 180 — Guaranteed Grammar School Place: LA-wide top 180 standardised scores in the Bexley Selection Test
  3. Sibling — Sibling currently attending the school
  4. Staff child — Parent employed by the school on a permanent contract
  5. Pupil premium — Up to 12 places: Pupil Premium/Free School Meals boys deemed selective, ranked by distance
  6. Distance — Remaining places by shortest radial distance to school

What the entrance test covers

One shared test for all four Bexley grammar schools, assessing three areas: 1. Verbal ability and English comprehension. 2. Numerical reasoning (maths-based). 3. Non-verbal reasoning. Multiple-choice, age-standardised. One sitting covers all four schools. Registration is unusually early — historically 1-31 March of Year 5 (most areas close in June), with the test in the first half of September of Year 6 (primary-school test centres first, grammar-school test centres a few days later). Missing the March window means missing the main round entirely, so families considering Bexley should diarise it well ahead.

University destinations

Oxbridge
1%
Russell Group
31%
Top-third university
35%
Any degree
83%

Of the 284-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.

House prices nearby

Median price, St Mary's & St James ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£471,250

Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Bexley admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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