Secondary
Welling School
Elsa Road, Welling, DA16 1LB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1084 of 1850 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 106.1
- Pupils per adult
- 10.8
- Pupils
- 1,145
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections3
October 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
February 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
May 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
27%
34.7
3rd of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Welling we can score - 4 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 34.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.86 |
| Entered the EBacc | 11% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% |
| A level average points per entry | 26.07 |
| A level students | 39 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31% |
| 22/23 | 26% |
| 23/24 | 29% |
| 24/25 | 27% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 20.3 |
| 22/23 | 21.2 |
| 23/24 | 28.2 |
| 24/25 | 26.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.86 |
| 22/23 | -0.97 |
| 23/24 | -0.82 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.6 |
| 22/23 | 33.7 |
| 23/24 | 36.7 |
| 24/25 | 34.7 |
Elsa Road, Welling, DA16 1LB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bexley admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Brian Griffen
- Address
- Elsa Road, Welling, DA16 1LB
- Telephone
- 02083048531