Beths Grammar School is a selective boys' academy in the south-east London Borough of Bexley. It strives to offer an 'exciting, purposeful, vibrant and thriving community that challenges and supports students in fulfilling their academic potential'.
With a specialism in modern languages, the school offers Mandarin Chinese lessons as well as French, German and Spanish. Purpose-built labs allow students access to state-of-the-art facilities for electronics, graphics, product design and coding. Beths Grammar was rated Good in its 2022 Ofsted inspection.
The 2023–2024 term dates at Beths Grammar School are:
Beths Grammar School shares an entrance test with the three other schools in the London Borough of Bexley (Bexley Grammar, Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar, and Townley Grammar). This means that your child only needs to take one exam – known as the Bexley Selection Test – to apply for these schools.
Before registering, speak to your child’s teacher to see if the 11 plus and grammar school is right for them.
While your child is in Year 5, register them to take the Bexley Selection Test on the council website. Registration opens in early May each year and closes at the end of June.
If you are considering schools outside Bexley, such as grammar schools in Kent, remember to register for their 11-plus exams too.
You will receive your child's results by 17th October 2023. You can use the results to decide which schools to include on your local authority application form.
Before listing Beths Grammar School as a preference on your form, check its admissions policy and make sure your child is eligible. As well as your child's exam score, how close you live to a school is an important factor in whether your child is likely to be offered a place.
The application form must be submitted to your home local council by 31st October 2023.
What's on the Beths Grammar School 11 plus exam?
The 11 plus exam for Beths Grammar School (the Bexley Selection Test) will take place during the week of 11th September 2023. Your child will be assigned a test slot on one day during this week.
It consists of two papers, which include questions in four subject areas:
In April 2023, Bexley Council announced they're changing their 11 plus provider from CEM to GL Assessment.
Learn more and get free preparation resources in our full guide to the Bexley Selection Test:
There is no specified pass mark for Beths Grammar School. After your child takes the exam, their scores are age-standardised and combined to give them a total score across both papers. These total scores are ranked in order and the 180 highest-scoring children are eligible to be considered for a place.
As a result, the cut-off score varies from year to year and is only decided after the tests have been marked. Historically, the lowest mark at which a student has been offered a place at Beths Grammar School is 214.
Achieving a particular score doesn't guarantee a place at the school, as it is likely to be oversubscribed with qualified candidates. We always recommend researching the admission policies for your target schools, looking at their oversubscription criteria and their catchment area.
The planned admission number (PAN) for the school is 192. When there are more eligible applicants than there are places available, places are allocated in this order:
1. Looked-After or previously Looked-After Children.
2. Boys who have achieved the highest 180 scores in the Selection Test.
3. Boys who have a sibling at the school.
4. Boys who have a parent employed by the school on a permanent contract.
5. Up to 12 places for boys who get free school meals, in order of how close they live to the school.
6. Boys who live closest to the school, measured as a straight line distance between the child's home address to Beths Grammar School's east entrance on Hartford Road. Selection Test scores are used as a tie-breaker when the distance is identical.
7. Boys who have passed a grammar school test in Kent or another authority that borders Bexley.
There is no catchment area for Beths Grammar School. The highest-scoring 180 boys are offered a place at the school regardless of how far they live from it.
Under criteria 6 (above), in recent years, the furthest address from the school at which a child was offered a place was:
| Type of School | Grammar |
|---|---|
| Website | http://www.beths.bexley.sch.uk/ |
| Address | Hartford Road Bexley Kent DA5 1NE |
| Phone | 01322556538 | admin@beths.bexley.sch.uk | Location | Region | bexley |
| Admission Year | Sept 2024 |
|---|---|
| Gender in YEAR 7 | Boys |
| Allocation Day | 3/1/2024 |
|---|---|
| Test Results Day | 7/10/2023 |
| CAF form | 31/10/2023 |
| Registration | 15/5/2023 - 30/6/2023 |
| Number of Places | 192 |
|---|---|
| Standardised | Yes |
| Age Standardised | Yes |
| Admission Policy | View |
| Name | Document or Link | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| Familiarisation booklet | View | Mixed Subjects |
