St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bexleyheath, DA6 7QB
- Distance
- 0.3km away
St Catherine's Catholic School
Watling Street, Bexleyheath, DA6 7QJ
Local ranking4th of 16 secondary schools in Bexley
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1290
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Girls
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 July 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 55.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 65.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 83.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 204
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 96.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1040
- Girls
- 1021 (100%)
- Capacity
- 1290 (79% full)
- SEND
- 7.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.4%
- EAL
- 10.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.1%
- SEN Support
- 6.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,863/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Black African: 51.3%
- White British: 17.6%
- Asian Indian: 5.2%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 4.3%
- Black Other: 4.0%
- Asian Other: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.2%
51.3%
Black African
17.6%
White British
5.2%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137681
- UKPRN
- 10034761
- Establishment No.
- 5402
- Trust
- ST CATHERINE'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
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