Townley Grammar School
Secondary schoolTownley Grammar School is a secondary school in Bexley, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,669 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), February 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 February 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Townley Grammar School was 74.8, against 51.0 in Bexley and 46.2 in England.
98.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bexley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 74.8 | 51.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98.2% | 55.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99.1% | 71.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 224 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Upton Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Outstanding, February 2024. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)340 m
- Beths Grammar SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), May 2022. Attainment 8 of 73.2 (2025/26, provisional)860 m
- Lift BexleyheathSecondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 47.3 (2025/26, provisional)950 m
- Gravel Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Old Bexley Church of England SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- St Columba's Catholic Boys' SchoolSecondary. Standards maintained, November 2024. Attainment 8 of 48.9 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bexley
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).