Beths Grammar School
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98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 71.6
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St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
- Pupils on roll
- 805of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 24.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 158
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 27 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Columba's Catholic Boys' School (URN 101477, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School has no sixth form. Of the 168 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 25% moved to a sixth form college, 18% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 96% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.4 against 46.1 across England and 50.6 in Bexley, with 53% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French and Spanish add up to 18% of the year group, and 20% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
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 Bexley and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Bexley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 168 | 3,313 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 46% | 57% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 25% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 18% | 21% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Bexley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.4 | 50.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% | 54% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 70% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 20% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.42 | 4.51 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 27% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 44.2 | 36.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.0 | 55.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 27% | 15% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 156 | 99% | 88% | 29% | 22% | 79% |
| English Language | 154 | 97% | 89% | 23% | 20% | 78% |
| English Literature | 153 | 97% | 86% | 22% | 21% | 80% |
| Religious Studies | 152 | 96% | 31% | 49% | 32% | 85% |
| Combined Science | 92 | 58% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 52% |
| History | 83 | 53% | 41% | 41% | 26% | 80% |
| Geography | 78 | 49% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 68% |
| Biology | 62 | 39% | 23% | 39% | 45% | 92% |
| Chemistry | 60 | 38% | 23% | 38% | 47% | 97% |
| Physics | 60 | 38% | 23% | 40% | 46% | 93% |
| Computer Science | 53 | 34% | 13% | 38% | 30% | 74% |
| Physical Education | 48 | 30% | 11% | 17% | 24% | 63% |
| French | 26 | 16% | 18% | 65% | 29% | 96% |
| Fine Art | 21 | 13% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 38% |
| Film Studies | 11 | 7% | 1% | 18% | 20% | 82% |
| Spanish | 2 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 13 | — | — |
| Music Technology (Electronic) | 11 | — | — |
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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.