Voluntary aided school

St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School

Boys · ages 11–18 · with sixth form · selective (grammar) · Church of EnglandBromley, London · Orpington BR6 9SHSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,084of 838 places
Free school meals
5.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
128
Ofsted
Inspected, 5 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 125 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School in 2023, 98% stayed on in St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School’s own sixth form (Bromley average 64%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Among the 229 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 83% went to university (Bromley 39%, England 37%), and 85% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 83.6 against 46.1 across England and 50.4 in Bromley, with 100% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%) — as a selective grammar school, St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School admits pupils by test at 11, which drives these figures.

A level grades average A, well above the England average of B-; 79% of students achieved AAB or better including two facilitating subjects (England 18%). The largest A level subjects are Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bromley and England.

This school
Bromley
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolBromleyEngland
Pupils in the cohort1253,693607,348
Any sustained destination100%94%92%
Stayed in education100%91%86%
— school sixth form98%64%34%
— sixth form college1%2%13%
— further education college0%22%37%
— other education2%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%3%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

This school
Bromley
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolBromleyEngland
Students in the cohort2294,604541,441
Any sustained destination93%78%79%
University (higher education)83%39%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students85%23%19%
Further education1%5%5%
Apprenticeship4%7%7%
Employment5%26%28%
No sustained destination3%15%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolBromleyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)83.650.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths100%54%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%72%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects94%55%41%
EBacc average point score8.224.614.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort4%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils35.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils54.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language27%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Literature128100%86%88%21%100%
Biology128100%23%84%45%100%
Physics128100%23%95%46%100%
Chemistry128100%23%93%47%100%
Mathematics128100%88%98%22%100%
English Language128100%89%88%20%100%
Geography8869%41%86%25%99%
Computer Science8365%13%93%30%100%
Design and Technology8063%11%95%23%100%
History7962%41%86%26%100%
Latin4636%1%89%74%100%
Spanish3326%19%82%27%94%
French2822%18%100%29%100%
German2419%5%92%33%100%
Music2217%5%64%33%100%
Art and Design1915%7%68%24%95%
Chinese43%1%75%
Russian11%0%87%
Polish11%1%84%
Japanese11%0%53%
Bengali11%0%35%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Additional Mathematics FSMQ3013%
Music performance: Group73%
Music performance: Group21%
Music performance: Group10%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolBromleyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study445
— of whom A level students2252,423261,341
Average A level gradeAB-B-
Average points per A level entry50.2636.4135.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsAB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects79%21%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics19185%31%
Chemistry12254%17%
Physics9542%12%
Biology8538%20%
Further Mathematics8036%5%
Economics7634%13%
Computer Science2612%5%
Geography157%10%
English Literature146%11%
History146%13%
Religious Studies115%4%
Classical Civilisation63%1%
French1%
Latin0%
Product Design2%
Chinese0%
Russian0%
Fine Art3%
German0%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
EconomicsGCE AS level (All)5123%
EconomicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)4219%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)3817%
PhysicsGCE AS level (All)3315%
PhysicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)2812%
Computer ScienceGCE AS level (All)2612%
Computer ScienceGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)2511%
ChemistryGCE AS level (All)2210%
ChemistryGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)178%
Religious StudiesGCE AS level (All)167%
BiologyGCE AS level (All)157%
BiologyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)146%
HistoryGCE AS level (All)136%
Religious StudiesGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)136%
HistoryGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)125%
GeographyGCE AS level (All)104%
GeographyGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)84%
MathematicsGCE AS level (All)73%
MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)73%
Product DesignGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)63%
Product DesignGCE AS level (All)63%
GermanGCE AS level (All)63%
Classical CivilisationGCE AS level (All)
English LiteratureGCE AS level (All)
GermanGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
FrenchGCE AS level (All)
LatinGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Classical CivilisationGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
LatinGCE AS level (All)
English LiteratureGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
FrenchGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Fine ArtGCE AS level (All)
Fine ArtGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)

Other secondary schools in Bromley

Bullers Wood School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,555 pupils

93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.3

Charles Darwin School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,305 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.9

Darrick Wood School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,698 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.