St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
Secondary · Academy converter · Boys · Bexley
Halcot Avenue, Bexleyheath, DA6 7QB
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.7%
14.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
805
Capacity used
Has space89%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
77 of 77 families who put it first got an offer
135
Places offered
270
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 77 | 77 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 49 | 19 | ● 39% |
| 3rd preference | 46 | 13 | ● 28% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 98 | 22 | ● 22% |
| Total | 270 | 131 | 49% |
1st preference success by year
Bexley lets families list 6 preferences. 64 applications came from outside the council area (36 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Dave Evans
- Address
- Halcot Avenue, Bexleyheath, DA6 7QB
- Phone
- 01322553236
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Ward / constituency
- Crayford · Bexleyheath and Crayford
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138650
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 24% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 22% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
805 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
27 November 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 866 pupils
Attendance
94.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
14.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.04 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 50% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.07 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 53.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 75.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 20.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.42 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 158 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 156 | 29% | 60% | 79% | |
| English Language | 154 | 23% | 60% | 78% | |
| English Literature | 153 | 22% | 63% | 80% | |
| Religious Studies | 152 | 49% | 77% | 85% | |
| Combined Science | 92 | 11% | 37% | 52% | |
| History | 83 | 41% | 67% | 80% | |
| Geography | 78 | 21% | 45% | 68% | |
| Biology | 62 | 39% | 82% | 92% | |
| Physics | 60 | 40% | 83% | 93% | |
| Chemistry | 60 | 38% | 75% | 97% | |
| Computer Science | 53 | 38% | 66% | 74% | |
| Physical Education | 48 | 17% | 44% | 63% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Bexley council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.