Secondary schools near me, on Ofsted’s timeline

Of the twelve secondary schools nearest DA6, four have a report card, one has key judgements without an overall grade, five have an overall grade on the old scale and two have an ungraded inspection. The oldest verdict, at Beths Grammar School, dates from 4 May 2022; the latest, at St Catherine's Catholic School, from 7 July 2026.

Each mark is one of the schools below, at the date of its latest inspection: report card key judgements only overall grade, old scale ungraded inspection. Behind them, the ruler Ofsted used on that date: pale, an overall grade on the old four-point scale (until 31 August 2024); mid blue, key judgements without an overall grade (from 1 September 2024); deep blue, report cards (from 10 November 2025).

The twelve secondary schools nearest DA6, by distance

From the centre of DA6 (an average of the positions of the establishments registered in the district in England), in a straight line, among the 3,491 open secondary schools in England’s register. Each mark sits at the exact date of the school’s latest inspection in Ofsted’s data as at 30 September 2026.

0.24 mi379 m N
Lift Bexleyheath
DA6 7DA, Bexley; sixth form

Report card inspected 28 April 2026; safeguarding met
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 47.3 (Bexley 51.0, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 50.3% (Bexley 55.4%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade C-, 27.44 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The report card, area by area
- Inclusion: expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: expected standard
- Achievement: expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: expected standard
- Leadership and governance: expected standard
- Post-16 provision: expected standard
- Safeguarding: met
Ofsted report for Lift Bexleyheath
0.41 mi659 m SW
Townley Grammar School
DA6 7AB, Bexley; selective (grammar), sixth form

Outstanding overall grade on the old four-point scale, 28 February 2023
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 74.8 (Bexley 51.0, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 98.2% (Bexley 55.4%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade B, 40.64 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: outstanding
- Personal development: outstanding
- Leadership and management: outstanding
- Sixth form provision: outstanding
Ofsted report for Townley Grammar School
0.43 mi689 m SE
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
DA6 7QB, Bexley

Standards maintained ungraded inspection, 27 November 2024

GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 48.9 (Bexley 51.0, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 51.5% (Bexley 55.4%, England 46.3%)
Ofsted report for St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
0.44 mi714 m E
St Catherine's Catholic School
DA6 7QJ, Bexley; sixth form

Report card inspected 7 July 2026; safeguarding met
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 55.5 (Bexley 51.0, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 65.7% (Bexley 55.4%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: not in the DfE’s file under this school’s number (URN)
The report card, area by area
- Inclusion: strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: strong standard
- Achievement: strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: strong standard
- Leadership and governance: strong standard
- Safeguarding: met
Ofsted report for St Catherine's Catholic School
0.57 mi915 m S
Beths Grammar School
DA5 1NE, Bexley; selective (grammar), sixth form

Good overall grade on the old four-point scale, 4 May 2022
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 73.2 (Bexley 51.0, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 97.9% (Bexley 55.4%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade B-, 36.47 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: good
- Behaviour and attitudes: outstanding
- Personal development: good
- Leadership and management: good
- Sixth form provision: good
Ofsted report for Beths Grammar School
1.5 mi2,469 m W
Blackfen School for Girls
DA15 9NU, Bexley; sixth form

Key judgements, no overall grade graded inspection, 11 March 2025
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 46.2 (Bexley 51.0, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 43.9% (Bexley 55.4%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade C+, 34.00 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: good
- Behaviour and attitudes: good
- Personal development: good
- Leadership and management: good
- Sixth form provision: good
Ofsted report for Blackfen School for Girls
1.6 mi2,531 m E
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy
DA1 4RS, Bexley; sixth form

Good overall grade on the old four-point scale, 30 November 2022
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 43.8 (Bexley 51.0, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 33.3% (Bexley 55.4%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade C-, 27.36 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: good
- Behaviour and attitudes: good
- Personal development: good
- Leadership and management: good
- Sixth form provision: good
Ofsted report for Haberdashers' Crayford Academy
1.6 mi2,590 m NE
Leigh Academy Bexley
DA8 3BN, Bexley; sixth form

Report card inspected 12 May 2026; safeguarding met
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 40.9 (Bexley 51.0, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 30.0% (Bexley 55.4%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade C, 29.44 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The report card, area by area
- Inclusion: strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: expected standard
- Achievement: expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: expected standard
- Leadership and governance: strong standard
- Post-16 provision: expected standard
- Safeguarding: met
Ofsted report for Leigh Academy Bexley
1.7 mi2,707 m NW
Welling School
DA16 1LB, Bexley; sixth form

Report card inspected 10 February 2026; safeguarding met
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 36.4 (Bexley 51.0, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 32.3% (Bexley 55.4%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade C-, 26.07 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The report card, area by area
- Inclusion: needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: needs attention
- Achievement: needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing: needs attention
- Leadership and governance: needs attention
- Post-16 provision: expected standard
- Safeguarding: met
Ofsted report for Welling School
1.7 mi2,740 m W
Bexley Grammar School
DA16 2BL, Bexley; selective (grammar), sixth form

Outstanding overall grade on the old four-point scale, 18 October 2022
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 72.6 (Bexley 51.0, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 96.3% (Bexley 55.4%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: listed by the DfE, figure not published
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: outstanding
- Personal development: outstanding
- Leadership and management: outstanding
- Sixth form provision: outstanding
Ofsted report for Bexley Grammar School
1.8 mi2,849 m SW
Hurstmere School
DA15 9AW, Bexley

Requires improvement overall grade on the old four-point scale, 27 September 2022
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 42.4 (Bexley 51.0, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 41.6% (Bexley 55.4%, England 46.3%)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: requires improvement
- Personal development: requires improvement
- Leadership and management: requires improvement
Ofsted report for Hurstmere School
2.1 mi3,387 m SW
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School
DA15 9AG, Bexley; selective (grammar), sixth form

School remains Good ungraded inspection, 14 December 2022

GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 75.3 (Bexley 51.0, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 97.5% (Bexley 55.4%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade B, 41.22 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
Ofsted report for Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School

How this list works

Type a postcode, one of 20 places or a school's name. The twelve nearest state secondary schools are listed by straight-line distance from the centre of the postcode district, from the centre of that place's schools or from the school itself. Each row places the school's latest Ofsted inspection on the shared timeline and gives its latest exam results: GCSEs next to those of its council and of England, A levels next to England’s. Choose a school's name to open its page.

Distances are in a straight line. For school places, each school's admission arrangements set how distance is measured: check them with the school or the council.

Two rulers that do not convert

Ofsted says the new grades cannot be compared with the old ones. Here each inspection keeps its own ruler and its date; nothing is converted or averaged. Ofsted ratings explained sets out each grade.

Before: four grades, one overall

4Inadequate
3Requires improvement
2Good
1Outstanding

From 1 September 2024 the overall grade was dropped: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management were still graded one to four, separately, as were sixth form and early years provision where the school had them. An ungraded inspection ends with a statement in Ofsted’s data, such as “school remains good”; where Ofsted’s data adds “(Concerns) - S5 Next” or “(Improving) - S5 Next”, we write “with concerns” or “improving” and link to the report.

Since 10 November 2025: five grades, area by area

Urgent improvement
Needs attention
Expected standard
Strong standard
Exceptional

Inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing, leadership and governance and, where the school has them, early years and post-16 provision. Safeguarding is met or not met.

Schools by city

Birmingham 8 grammar schools, 88 secondary schools, 51 sixth forms and colleges
Bradford 35 secondary schools
Bristol 47 secondary schools, 33 sixth forms and colleges
Coventry 22 secondary schools, 20 sixth forms and colleges
Croydon 23 secondary schools, 19 sixth forms and colleges
Doncaster 20 secondary schools
Enfield 21 secondary schools, 20 sixth forms and colleges
Leeds 45 secondary schools, 24 sixth forms and colleges
Leicester 21 secondary schools, 5 sixth forms and colleges
Liverpool 32 secondary schools, 30 sixth forms and colleges
London 3 grammar schools, 267 secondary schools, 220 sixth forms and colleges
Manchester 2 grammar schools, 32 secondary schools, 9 sixth forms and colleges
Norwich 22 secondary schools, 12 sixth forms and colleges
Nottingham 19 secondary schools, 12 sixth forms and colleges
Plymouth 3 grammar schools, 19 secondary schools, 17 sixth forms and colleges
Preston 22 secondary schools
Sheffield 30 secondary schools, 17 sixth forms and colleges
Walsall 2 grammar schools, 19 secondary schools
Wirral 6 grammar schools, 20 secondary schools
Wolverhampton 20 secondary schools, 19 sixth forms and colleges

Sources

Ofsted: management information, state-funded schools, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026, accessed 30 October 2026.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance, academic year 2025/26 (provisional), school, local authority and England data, accessed 31 October 2026.
Department for Education: 16 to 19 performance, academic year 2024/25 (final), A level results by school and for England, accessed 31 October 2026.
Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, register of schools (all establishments, 30 October 2026), accessed 30 October 2026.

Last updated 2 November 2026.