Bishop Justus CofE School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,016 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.8
Free schools
Bullers Wood School for Boys
- Pupils on roll
- 894of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 15.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 179
- Ofsted
- Good, 7 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Bullers Wood School for Boys has no sixth form. Of the 176 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 5% moved to a sixth form college, 30% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.0 against 46.1 across England and 50.4 in Bromley, with 57% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 2% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bullers Wood School for Boys | Bromley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 176 | 3,693 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 91% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 59% | 64% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 5% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 30% | 22% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bullers Wood School for Boys | Bromley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.0 | 50.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% | 54% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 72% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 36% | 55% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.42 | 4.61 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 18% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.4 | 35.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.4 | 54.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 178 | 99% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 84% |
| English Language | 178 | 99% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 65% |
| English Literature | 177 | 99% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 77% |
| Religious Studies | 171 | 96% | 31% | 13% | 32% | 59% |
| Combined Science | 147 | 82% | 65% | 15% | 9% | 71% |
| Business Studies | 120 | 67% | 18% | 13% | 20% | 71% |
| Geography | 105 | 59% | 41% | 23% | 25% | 75% |
| History | 93 | 52% | 41% | 29% | 26% | 76% |
| Spanish | 60 | 34% | 19% | 23% | 27% | 72% |
| Computer Science | 59 | 33% | 13% | 14% | 30% | 68% |
| Physical Education | 55 | 31% | 11% | 2% | 24% | 64% |
| Media Studies | 47 | 26% | 4% | 6% | 20% | 72% |
| Design and Technology | 39 | 22% | 11% | 23% | 23% | 64% |
| Biology | 31 | 17% | 23% | 48% | 45% | 97% |
| Physics | 30 | 17% | 23% | 70% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 17% | 23% | 57% | 47% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 19 | 11% | 7% | 26% | 24% | 37% |
| Drama | 14 | 8% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 50% |
| Music | 11 | 6% | 5% | 18% | 33% | 82% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 36 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bromley
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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.3
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Chislehurst School for Girls
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89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.3
Darrick Wood School
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Harris Academy Beckenham
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,302 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.6
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.