St Columba's Catholic Boys' School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Bexley council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Bexley's full dates

Admissions

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

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How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 84 families put this school as their first choice, and 159 places were offered. 84 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

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.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 27 November 2024: Standards maintained.

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

11–16

Pupils

805 (capacity 900)

Gender

Boys

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Archdiocese of Southwark

Academy trust

ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01322553236

Address

Halcot Avenue, Bexleyheath, DA6 7QB

Website

st-columbas.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports