Bacon's College
Timber Pond Road, London, SE16 6AT
1,025 pupils · 85% of 1,200 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 43.9%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 June 2022, published 31 August 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.4 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 50.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 65.7% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 14% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.79 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 185 | 146 | 404 | 185 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 191 | 174 | 459 | 191 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 185 | 175 | 493 | 185 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 195 | 236 | 614 | 195 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 195 | 193 | 528 | 195 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 189 | 127 | 452 | 188 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 184 | 128 | 498 | 184 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 182 | 141 | 612 | 182 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Bishop Challoner Catholic School 1.4 km · Good (2021) · previous system
- The Charter School Bermondsey 1.5 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School 1.6 km · Most areas: Exceptional (2026)
- St Michael's Catholic College 1.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College 1.8 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Mulberry School for Girls 1.8 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.