SCHOOL PROFILE

Blackfen School for Girls: data, trends and context

Blackfen School for Girls is a secondary school in Bexley. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
137965
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Bexley
Region
London
Trust
BLACKFEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Postcode
DA15 9NU
Gender intake
Girls
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,324
FSM eligible
14.4%
EAL / First language other than English
18.1%
SEND (total)
16.2%
SEN Support
12.2%
EHCP
4.0%
White British
57.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.2%
Overall absence
9.8%
Persistent absence
27.6%
Severe absence
4.8%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
BexleyLocal authority92.8%7.2%2.4%
LondonRegion92.7%7.3%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
13.6%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
4.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.07%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
44.1
English & maths grade 5+
38.6%
English & maths grade 4+
61.0%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Blackfen School for Girls is a secondary school in Bexley. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.