Bexley Grammar School

Welling, DA16 2BL · Bexley grammar school

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

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2022-10-18)

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

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children
  2. Pupil premium — Up to 12 places: Pupil Premium children deemed selective, ranked by distance from the school
  3. Top 180 — Guaranteed Grammar School Place: LA-wide top 180 standardised scores in the Bexley Selection Test (across all Bexley grammar schools)
  4. Sibling — Sibling (incl. step/half) currently attending the school in Years 7-11
  5. Staff child — Children of staff employed ≥2 years
  6. Distance — Remaining places by straight-line proximity 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
48%
Top-third university
58%
Any degree
84%

Of the 176-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, Falconwood & Welling ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£445,500

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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