Beths Grammar School

Term dates

This school's own term dates broadly match Bexley council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 191 families put this school as their first choice, and 191 places were offered. 50 of the families who put it first got a place (26%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

11+ entrance test

This school uses The Bexley Selection Test, a shared test used by 3 other schools. Your child sits one test, and the result is shared with every school in the group that you apply to.

How shared 11+ tests work

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 4 May 2022. Overall: Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1701 (capacity 1740)

Gender

Boys

Academy trust

BETHS GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Admissions

Selective (entrance test)

Phone

01322556538

Address

Hartford Road, Bexley, DA5 1NE

Website

beths.bexley.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports