St Columba's Catholic Boys' School

State-Funded School

st-columbas-catholic-boys-school-bexley-london

LondonRegion

BexleyLocal Authority

Bexleyheath and CrayfordConstituency

DA6 7QBPostcode

7.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Columba's Catholic Boys' School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Bexley, London.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 805 pupils. St Columba's Catholic Boys' School is part of ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 51.4
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 53.2%
EBacc average point score: 4.42

Ethnicity

White

22%

Asian

12%

Black

55%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

805

Total Pupils

100%Boys

0%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

24%

England average

27%

First language not English

19%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 805
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 27 November 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
28 Oct 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.