Townley Grammar School
Academy converter in Bexleyheath, DA6 7AB, taking ages 11 to 18, girls, 1,669 on roll.
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In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 6.27 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
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The circle is 6.6 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2019.
Townley Grammar School: 6.6 miles, 2019 Alexander McLeod Primary School: 5.57 miles, 2024/25, published by Greenwich
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6 years published by Bexley, newest first. The figure at the top of this page is the newest of them.
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Townley Grammar School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
Source: Bexley, published admission distances
Where Townley Grammar School and Alexander McLeod Primary School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Alexander McLeod Primary School admitted from 5.57 miles in 2024/25, published by Greenwich. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is DA18 at £281,000; the dearest shown, DA14, £423,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From Townley Grammar School | From Alexander McLeod Primary School | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DA18 | Bexley | 3.0 mi | 1.2 mi | £281,000 89 sales |
| DA17 | Bexley | 2.5 mi | 1.5 mi | £335,000 133 sales |
| DA8 | Bexley | 2.3 mi | 2.8 mi | £345,000 81 sales |
| IG11 | Barking and Dagenham | 6.1 mi | 3.5 mi | £375,000 108 sales |
| SE9 | Greenwich | 3.7 mi | 3.7 mi | £380,000 53 sales |
| RM9 | Barking and Dagenham | 6.2 mi | 3.9 mi | £380,000 122 sales |
| RM13 | Havering | 5.6 mi | 4.4 mi | £386,000 125 sales |
| DA1 | Dartford | 3.0 mi | 4.9 mi | £390,000 86 sales |
| SE18 | Greenwich | 3.7 mi | 1.7 mi | £400,000 59 sales |
| DA16 | Bexley | 1.8 mi | 1.4 mi | £402,500 89 sales |
| DA6 | Bexley | 0.3 mi | 2.4 mi | £405,000 123 sales |
| DA14 | Bexley | 2.1 mi | 4.2 mi | £423,000 106 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register. Only the cheapest 12 are listed. 1 more district falls inside both without enough recorded sales to rank: SE28.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Townley Grammar School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beths Grammar School Both in reach | Secondary | 6.07 mi | 0.5 mi |
| Bexley Grammar School Both in reach | Secondary | 1.92 mi | 1.5 mi |
| Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Both in reach | Secondary | 3.91 mi | 1.7 mi |
| Haberdashers' Crayford Academy Both in reach | Secondary | 1.64 mi | 1.9 mi |
| Alderwood Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.76 mi 2024/25 | 2.3 mi |
| Alexander McLeod Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 5.57 mi 2024/25 | 2.7 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Has a sixth form |
| How full | 1,669 pupils in 1,550 places (108% full, over capacity) |
| Trust | TOWNLEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST |
| Local authority | Bexley |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Outstanding, inspected 27 April 2023 |
| Attainment 8 | 75.0 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | +0.66 |
| 2022/23 | +0.69 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Townley Grammar School
| Girls and boys | 93.5% girls, 6.5% boys |
| English as an additional language | 31.6% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 9.8% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where Townley Grammar School's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 94.6% |
| Sixth-form college | 1.8% |
| Further education college | 0.9% |
| Apprenticeship | 0.0% |
| Employment | 0.0% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 0.9% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of Townley Grammar School
Cheapest district inside the 6.27 miles: DA18, median £281,000. Dearest: DA15, £535,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| DA18 | Bexley | 3.0 mi | £281,000 89 sales |
| DA17 | Bexley | 2.5 mi | £335,000 133 sales |
| DA8 | Bexley | 2.3 mi | £345,000 81 sales |
| SE9 | Greenwich | 3.7 mi | £380,000 53 sales |
| DA1 | Dartford | 3.0 mi | £390,000 86 sales |
| DA16 | Bexley | 1.8 mi | £402,500 89 sales |
| DA6 | Bexley | 0.3 mi | £405,000 123 sales |
| DA14 | Bexley | 2.1 mi | £423,000 106 sales |
| SE2 | Greenwich | 2.9 mi | £428,000 99 sales |
| DA5 | Bexley | 0.7 mi | £445,000 118 sales |
| DA7 | Bexley | 1.1 mi | £500,000 134 sales |
| DA15 | Bexley | 1.9 mi | £535,000 137 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 6.27 miles the school admitted from in the latest published year, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Townley Grammar School by bus
Best-served stop: Townley Grammar School, 131 yd away, with 7.8 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; the service runs through the night.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Townley Grammar School | 48 yd | 7.5 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 269, B13 |
| Townley Grammar School | 131 yd | 7.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 269, B13, 602 |
| Upton Road Bexley | 171 yd | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 269 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Townley Grammar School?
Townley Grammar School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in the latest published year lived 6.27 miles away, per Bexley.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Townley Grammar School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 6.27 miles was enough in the latest published year, and at 108% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Townley Grammar School guarantee a place?
No. This is a selective school, so admission turns on the entrance assessment before distance is considered at all. The test's own free familiarisation papers are published by GL Assessment, CSSE (Essex and Southend) and Kent County Council; the school's admissions page says which test it uses and when to register. All grammar schools in England, by council. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
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