Chislehurst School for Girls

About Chislehurst School for Girls

Chislehurst School for Girls was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection, a significant improvement from its previous Inadequate rating in 2017. The school's Progress 8 score of 0.18 is the most telling academic metric, placing it comfortably above the local authority average of 0.13 for Bromley. This means pupils here make stronger progress than their peers across the borough, with particularly strong results in English, where the Progress 8 score reaches 0.37. The school ranks 8th out of 19 similar schools in Bromley, putting it in the top half of the local league table. Nationally, it sits in the 36th percentile, which is a solid mid-table position for a state secondary. The Attainment 8 score of 51.3 and a 76.8 per cent pass rate for basics at grade 4 or above suggest a consistent level of achievement across the board.

At GCSE, just over half of pupils entered the English Baccalaureate suite of subjects, with 34.8 per cent achieving a grade 4 or above in those subjects. The school's sixth form, rated Good in its own right, offers a respectable set of outcomes: a value-added score of -0.15 is within the average band, and the average points per entry of 29.04 equates to a C grade. The best three A-levels average out at a C grade too, with 30.85 points. With 70 pupils in the sixth form cohort, it is a sizeable but not enormous provision. The school's overall banding for Progress 8 is Average, which aligns with its national ranking and suggests a reliable, steady academic experience rather than an exceptional one. For parents comparing options, it is worth noting that the top three schools in Bromley all have Progress 8 scores above 0.99, so Chislehurst sits in a different tier academically, but still delivers above-average progress relative to the local authority.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26, it received 779 applications for 243 places, with 213 first-preference applications and 178 offers made to first-preference candidates. That is a ratio of 3.21 applicants per place, so getting in is competitive. Facilities include science labs, art studios, a sixth form centre, ICT suite, sports hall, gymnasium, tennis courts, playing fields and a library. Sports on offer range from football and rugby to netball, hockey, swimming and athletics, while clubs include Debate, Orchestra, Choir, Drama, Duke of Edinburgh, Newspaper, Gardening, Science Club and Young Enterprise. The school supports a wide range of SEND needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a girls' state secondary with a strong sixth form, suited to families in Bromley who want a well-subscribed, improving school with solid academic progress and a broad extracurricular offer.

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