Blackfen School for Girls is a secondary school located in Sidcup. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 24/11/2011. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.7%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Blackfen Road, Sidcup, DA15 9NU
Website: www.blackfenschoolforgirls.co.uk
Telephone: 02083031887
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Bexley
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Matthew Brown
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137965

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 24/11/2011

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Girls
School Capacity: 1500
Number of Pupils: 1461
Number of Boys: 124
Number of Girls: 1337

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.03 Confidence interval -0.15 to 0.2
Of the 201 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 196 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:40%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:36%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.86
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Sherwood Park Primary School
Sherwood Park Avenue, DA15 9JQ 		204 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Days Lane Primary School
Days Lane, DA15 8JU 		1,069 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Danson Primary School
Danson Lane, DA16 2BH 		1,137 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Chatsworth Infant School
Burnt Oak Lane, DA15 9DD 		1,153 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Hurst Primary School
Dorchester Avenue, DA5 3AJ 		1,461 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Blackfen School for Girls
Blackfen Road, DA15 9NU 		0 yd Academy converter No Girls More About School
4out of 4Bexley Grammar School
Danson Lane, DA16 2BL 		1,032 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
2out of 4Hurstmere School
Hurst Road, DA15 9AW 		1,252 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
3out of 4Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School
Hurst Road, DA15 9AG 		1,592 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4Townley Grammar School
Townley Road, DA6 7AB 		2,099 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Marlborough School
Marlborough Park Avenue, DA15 9DP 		1,089 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedRose Bruford College
Lamorbey Park, Burnt Oak Lane DA15 9DF 		1,236 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedPark View Academy
146-148 Parkview Road, DA16 1SR 		1,583 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4Aspire Academy Bexley
South Gipsy Road, DA16 1JB 		1,825 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedCleeve Meadow School
Bexley Lane, DA14 4JN 		2,473 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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