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Booking will open here on Wednesday 15th October.
We have high capacity for each session but will stagger release availability to prevent any technical difficulties.
Thank you for your patience as we waited for confirmation that all results had been communicated before opening our booking system.
We look forward to welcoming you to Bexley Grammar next week!
Congratulations to our Year 13 IB students and their teachers for the IB results, which were released on Saturday 5th July 2025. We're very pleased to continue to maintain high standards at BGS, and an impressive average point score of 34 points.
Of special note this year are the proportion of grades awarded at 7-6 (47%) and 7-5 (83%); these represent the best results achieved by students since the school became a fully IBDP sixth form, 8 years ago. If we consider grades awarded in Higher Level subjects alone, these proportions are even greater, 7-6 (53%) and 7-5 (85%). With 168 UCAS points equating to 3 A* grades at A level, you can see from the table below that our students have once again gained a qualification of great academic value.
As well as the school wide results being extremely pleasing, we also had some excellent individual results. One student, River Wattret, gained full marks - 45 points - in his Diploma. This perfect score is typically gained by less than 0.5% of all IBDP students globally, which is a phenomenal achievement. A further 8 students gained a score of 42 points or more, which would typically place them in the top 5% of IBDP students to have taken the diploma in the world this year. Ursule Goraviciute, Alexander Innes and Andy Yu all scored 43 points, while Jasreen Ghag and Summer Hewitt attained 44 points. These levels of excellence are quite astounding and the students should feel extremely proud of achieving these feats.
In destination news, the Sixth Form Team is working hard to help confirm places on many university courses and degree apprenticeships, while some students have already secured employment. So far we have 7 confirmed Oxbridge places and 9 students accepted on to Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Science courses. For those in need of any advice or support in taking their next steps please do contact the Sixth Form Team via the support form sent by the Sixth Form Team.
Congratulations, Year 13!
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We are delighted that our excellent outcomes have been recognised by SSAT (The Schools, Students and Teachers Network) in this year’s Educational Outcomes Awards. The award recognises that Bexley Grammar School is among the highest performing secondary schools in the country, based on 2024 performance data and information from Ofsted. The SSAT Educational Outcomes database compares all state-funded schools in England. To be recognised with an Educational Outcomes Award is a significant achievement and a testament to the work of the whole school community.
“Congratulations to Bexley Grammar School on winning an SSAT Educational Outcomes Award. This success is down to the superb learning and teaching, outstanding support and inspirational leadership of staff. You have made a huge difference to the lives of the young people in your school. Thank you.”
Well done to everyone involved in achieving this accolade.
H.J. Gilmore
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We're proud to announce that we have been awarded a 5 star rating and a Certificate of Excellence based on SchoolGuide.co.uk's unique combination of official performance data published by the Department for Education and Ofsted!
Please come and support our Year 10 Football team playing in the Kent Cup Final on the 7th March against Oakwood Park Grammar. This is the first team at Bexley Grammar to have made back to back finals (and winning last year!) in over 20 years! The boys have worked extremely hard to get here and would appreciate any support that is able to travel with us.
KS3 Basketball
Well done to our Year 7 and 8 basketball teams, who opened their league accounts vs Cleeve Park on Monday. The Year 8s romped to a 37-6 win, whilst the Year 7s were narrowly beaten 12-10, with a late score proving decisive for CP.
Well played!
Mr Lines, Head of PE
Girls' Football
The U13 girls' football team played against Blackheath this week. It was not the win we hoped for this evening but 100% effort was given by everyone. What more could we ask for! 
KS3 Badminton
We were proud to take our KS3 boys to the Kent Badminton championships on Wednesday. The boys played brilliantly, picking up some impressive wins against some prestigious opponents, but didn’t qualify for the next round.
Well played boys!
Mr Lines
For years, students in Year 12 from Bexley Grammar have participated in the prestigious Young Enterprise competition. Young Enterprise is a charity that’s determined to give young people the opportunity to develop life skills such as teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving to give us the knowledge & confidence we will need to have a chance in the changing world of work.
Over the last few years, we’ve noticed how stress and anxiety are affecting an increasing number of people in our school. We’ve noticed how more and more students are suffering in silence. How many people struggle with these feelings but often hesitate to seek help due to societal stigma and the distorted perception that it would be a sign of weakness.
We wanted to create something that could offer comfort. That could be a starting point for those struggling to take control of their mental well-being. Something that could take the weight of anxiety off your shoulders. Something that would be the first step in the journey of mastering mental well-being, that would let you enjoy the fullest that life has to offer.
And that’s how we came up with Heavy Hugs.
We saw how weighted blankets were becoming increasingly popular in helping people with anxiety or ADHD sleep more easily and wondered if we could apply the same concept to teddy bears. Whether we could make a weighted teddy bear that would provide comfort in a more personal way.
But for heavy hugs, it’s not simply a stuffed animal — it’s a warm friend that’s always there for you, no matter the time or situation. It’s a friend that will be there without you having to ask for it.
Research confirmed our idea through studies on the effects of deep pressure stimulation: the weight provides a calming effect, simulating a mother holding a child, activating the release of neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine. In situations of panic or high stress, pressure stimulation helps slow the heart rate, steady breathing, and ease symptoms of anxiety.
For parents, we can only aspire that our weighted Teddy Bear can be a tool for you to help comfort your children during the hard moments and offer a way for you to say that ‘Everything is going to be okay,’ even without words.
Even though our journey has only just begun, we have already learnt so much more than we expected. From brainstorming ideas to designing and testing prototypes, every step has been a learning experience.
We’re very grateful for the opportunity to learn and to make a difference and we’re determined to give it all we’ve got.
So, for us, this isn’t just about selling a product—it’s about creating a movement.
Anxiety and stress shouldn’t be obstacles to enjoying life, especially for children.
By supporting Heavy Hugs, you’re not just buying a teddy bear; you’re joining us in our mission to make a difference.
We invite you to take that step with us.
Share our message, tell a friend, or come visit us at Old Spitalfields Market on the 25th February from 9:15am - 3:30pm. If you’re interested in learning more about our bears or placing an order, contact us via our social media links below (website coming soon). Together, we can help children — and adults — find a little more comfort in their lives. Let’s make this world a more huggable place, one bear at a time.
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Young Enterprise Team, 2025
Four teams completed the Royal Society of Chemistry, Top of the Bench Competition task. The teams were asked to create a poster on a Transition metal. Three of the teams were selected to be entered. Their entries are below.
Dr Numbrere-Nmaju, Science Department
RSC TOTB Competition ~ 2024/2025
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This competition was certainly a valuable experience, I believe: to form a team, partaking in research, writing and design, and to produce something is great. In spite of a group dilemma of transition metals to choose from - with some unusual suggestions, much like throwing darts at the periodic table, there seem to also be many choices that are interesting, rather important in daily life and specific applications, extraordinary in properties, or relevant to the future, and even a combination of these. It was certainly enlightening to learn, through our investigation and presentation of a transition metal, of the extent and application of chemistry, and to delve into the subject which I find myself often fascinated by. Teamwork was also valuable, as we were all eventually tasked with our areas of research, and in simultaneously iterating and criticising our design ideas, we also linked all of our ideas together, both in presentation and understanding. The aspect of design was also a dilemma, but the result was resolved and enthusiastically completed.
Tianming Xie, Year 10
I am truly proud of what my group has accomplished within and outside the bounds of this poster: improved organisation, collective research, and great teamwork. This poster is one collection of our communication put into words and illustrations, but overall, our knowledge of chemistry has improved tremendously (to the point where we couldn't fit all our research on the poster!)
Great work everyone!
Isabelle Raphael, Year 11
Leader of the BGS winning group
In January 2025, I, alongside several other students at BGS, took part in a sponsored sleep-out to raise money for the Greenwich Winter Shelter.
Last term, Year 7 and Year 8 students participated in the TSBA book club, thanks to the generosity of the PA. They read eight books on the theme of 'You Are Here', a selection of books set in far-away countries or different historical periods. The book they voted as their favourite was A Flash of Fireflies by Aisha Bushby, a book about a young girl relocating from Kuwait to England. Their second favourite was Dogs of the Deadlands by Anthony McGowan, a book which focused on the dogs who were abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. All the books that we read are available on a display in the library, so please pop up and borrow a book.
Mrs Carey, Librarian
I really enjoyed attending Book Club after school because reading is definitely my favourite hobby, and we did lots of fun activities based on books we read at the Book Club and even got to make our own imaginary movie trailers! I liked when we made a podcast the best, as we got to discuss in detail the book we chose (Dogs of the Deadlands, in my case). Making trailers was also quite fun too, as was acting out the storyboard. I also got to know new people from Year 7, because I was placed in a group where I only knew one person.
There are definite perks to joining the Book Club, like indulging in your hobby and meeting new people, but other than that, we had biscuits at every meeting! I especially enjoyed the last meeting, because we played a Kahoot quiz and ate three kinds of cake -Victoria sponge, carrot and chocolate as well as chocolate biscuits!
I would definitely recommend going to the Book Club; it was a fun and an easy way to settle in and make new friends!
Safaa Abdul-Aziz, Year 7
