Bexley Grammar School

Founded in 1955, Bexley Grammar School was opened by Sir Edward Heath, the local Member of Parliament at the time, after whom the Heath Building (completed in 2000) is named. Heath attended the school's Golden Jubilee celebrations shortly before his death in 2005. The school became a specialist Language College in September 2002 and a specialist college in Science and Mathematics in 2008. The school was then awarded foundation school status, before converting to an academy in January 2011. The school continues to specialise in languages, science and mathematics.

There have been five headmasters in the school's history. The third, Roderick MacKinnon, was head of Bristol Grammar School. He was replaced by John Welsh, who retired and was replaced by Stephen Elphick at the beginning of Easter 2014.

The school has expanded into new buildings over time; Main (M), Jubilee (J), Golden Jubilee (was the Danson building but was replaced in 2005 by the current building), Heath (H), Le Feuvre (L), Music (Mu), Jubilee extension (J) (2002–03) and Golden Jubilee (G). Some confusion can occur with the Jubilee extension, which was originally the G building and the 2005 extension of the Main building. Recently, the SEN block (S) has been added on the end of the school on the side of the PE block and a new sixth form centre has been built as an extension to the Le Feuvre building. In 2017, a further extension to the school added a (K) block with a Theatre and sixth form study area.

The school buildings form an internal courtyard area surrounded on all sides except the West, which is a covered area.

The field covers a larger area than the buildings and is surrounded on two sides by Danson Park.

The school began offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) in Sixth Form in 2003, alongside A Levels. From September 2017, students in the sixth form were only able to study the IB, as the school stopped teaching A Levels.

BGS operates a House System involving all years, with around 12 members of staff in each house. All six houses have a "Head of House", who is in charge of organising all house activities. Each house is named after a former member of senior staff that had a notable impact on the school,[1] including:

• Collins (Red)
• Johnson (Blue)
• Kirkman (Yellow)
• Prothero (Green)
• Mabbs (Purple)
• Wellman (Orange) – Added in 2003 due to expansion of the school year intake from five-form entry to seven-form entry.

Inter-house competitions can be mixed but often are split by gender. They include:

• Stephanie Brind, professional squash player[2]
• Gavin Peacock, former professional footballer[3][4]
• Matthew Rose, former professional footballer[3]
• Joshua Bradley and Tobi Brown, YouTubers and members of The Sidemen[5]

• London Borough of Bexley
• Grammar schools in the United Kingdom
• List of schools in Bexley

• Bexley Grammar School website
• Bexley Grammar Ofsted Report
• EduBase