# Townley Grammar School

Townley 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.

Secondary school. Code E137769. [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,669
- Council: Bexley
- URN: 137769

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Upton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/upton-primary-school-e101413): 340 m. Primary. School remains Outstanding, February 2024. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Beths Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beths-grammar-school-e136334): 860 m. Secondary. Good (overall), May 2022. Attainment 8 of 73.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Lift Bexleyheath](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lift-bexleyheath-e137138): 950 m. Secondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 47.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Gravel Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/gravel-hill-primary-school-e145208): 1.1 km. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Old Bexley Church of England School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/old-bexley-church-of-england-school-e142228): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), May 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Columba's Catholic Boys' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-columbas-catholic-boys-school-e138650): 1.1 km. Secondary. Standards maintained, November 2024. Attainment 8 of 48.9 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137769)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/137769)

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