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Blackfen School for Girls

URN
137965
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Blackfen School for Girls
URN
137965
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Girls
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

60 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

51

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

52

Destinations

70

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#9 of 14 schools in Bexley

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for Blackfen School for Girls

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
28 April 2025
Inspection date
11 March 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 28 April 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 28 April 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

180

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

472

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

173

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.62×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Bexley
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Bexley)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.blackfenschoolforgirls.co.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Bexley to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

44.1

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

38.6%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

61.0%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

21.9%

EBacc achievement

Location

DA15 9NU - Blackfen Road, Sidcup, Kent

Contact details

Address
Blackfen Road, Sidcup, Kent
Postcode
DA15 9NU
Phone
2083031887
Website
www.blackfenschoolforgirls.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Bexley
Local authority code
303

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 195 schools in Bexley.

Authority statistics

Total schools

195

Open schools

92

Closed schools

103

Primary schools

128

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 28 April 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 28 April 2025

  • Sixth form

    Good

    Graded 28 April 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    28 April 202511 March 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 28 April 2025
    27 January 202018 December 2019-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 27 January 2020
    • Inspection

      Published
      28 April 2025
      Inspected
      11 March 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      27 January 2020
      Inspected
      18 December 2019
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    36.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 111

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    9.2%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Above average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    34.0

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.19

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    2.8%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    91.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    Not published

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    4.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    3.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    37

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary128 (66.0%)
    • Secondary37 (19.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other29 (14.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Blackfen School for Girls0 mSecondaryClosed
    Sherwood Park Primary School187 mPrimaryClosed
    Sherwood Park Primary School187 mPrimaryOpen
    Bexley Grammar School944 mSecondaryOpen
    Bexley Grammar School944 mSecondaryClosed
    Days Lane Primary School979 mPrimaryOpen
    Days Lane Primary School979 mPrimaryClosed
    Marlborough School997 mNot applicableOpen
    Danson Primary School1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    Chatsworth Infant School1.1 kmPrimaryClosed
    • Blackfen School for Girls
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Sherwood Park Primary School
      Distance
      187 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Sherwood Park Primary School
      Distance
      187 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Bexley Grammar School
      Distance
      944 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Bexley)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Beths Grammar SchoolSecondaryDA5 1NEOpen
    Beths Grammar SchoolSecondaryDA5 1NEClosed
    Bexley Grammar SchoolSecondaryDA16 2BLOpen
    Bexley Grammar SchoolSecondaryDA16 2BLClosed
    Bexleyheath SchoolSecondaryDA6 7DAClosed
    • Beths Grammar School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DA5 1NE
      Status
      Open
    • Beths Grammar School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DA5 1NE
      Status
      Closed
    • Bexley Grammar School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DA16 2BL
      Status
      Open
    • Bexley Grammar School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      DA16 2BL
      Status
      Closed
    • Bexleyheath School
    Bexley Grammar School
    Distance
    944 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Days Lane Primary School
    Distance
    979 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Days Lane Primary School
    Distance
    979 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Marlborough School
    Distance
    997 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Danson Primary School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Chatsworth Infant School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    DA6 7DA
    Status
    Closed