About the school
Beths Grammar School, commonly known as Beths, is a selective boys’ grammar school with academy status located on Hartford Road in Bexley, South East London. Girls join in the sixth form, and the school has a strong reputation for Maths, Technology and the Sciences, summed up in its values of excellence, community and respect.
Beths Grammar School was founded in 1945 as Erith Technical School and moved to its present site near Bexley village in the early 1960s, becoming Bexley/Erith Technical High School for Boys (the origin of the name ‘Beths’) and gaining grammar school status in 1976. It is a large school of around 1,670 boys and holds Technology College specialist status.
As a Bexley grammar school, Beths Grammar School selects pupils through the Bexley Selection Test, the shared 11+ used by all four grammar schools in the borough, with admissions coordinated by the London Borough of Bexley.
School type
Boys’ Grammar (Mixed Sixth Form)
Exam date
Week commencing Monday, 7th September 2026 (Bexley Selection Test)
Exam board
Bexley Selection Test (GL Assessment)
Address
Hartford Road, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1NE
Age range
11–18 (Years 7–13)
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Admissions information
The Beths Grammar School entrance test is the Bexley Selection Test, sat in the week commencing Monday, 7th September 2026. Here is everything you need to know about the admissions process and exam structure.
Beths Grammar School selects pupils through the Bexley Selection Test, the shared 11+ used by all four grammar schools in the London Borough of Bexley, so a child registers and sits the test only once for any of them. Provided by GL Assessment, it consists of two timed, multiple-choice papers taken in a single session, each containing a mix of English comprehension and verbal ability, numerical reasoning, and non-verbal reasoning.
The Bexley Selection Test is sat in the week commencing Monday, 7th September 2026, with test sessions held between Monday, 7th and Thursday, 10th September 2026, either at a child’s own Bexley primary school or at one of the four grammar school test centres. Children take two papers of around one hour each, and the scores are age-standardised so that younger children are not disadvantaged before candidates are ranked.
Registration for the Bexley Selection Test is completed online through the London Borough of Bexley website. For 2027 entry, the registration window opened on 1st March 2026 and closed at midnight on 31st March 2026; late registrations are not accepted under any circumstances. Parents must then name Beths Grammar School on the Bexley Common Application Form, available from 1st September until 31st October 2026.
The test is sat in the week commencing Monday, 7th September 2026, with results emailed to parents in early October 2026, before the Common Application Form deadline. Meeting the selective standard does not guarantee a place, as the top 180 scorers are prioritised and the school is oversubscribed. School allocations are confirmed on national offer day, 1st March 2027.
Key admissions details
Beths Grammar School has a Published Admission Number of around 180 boys for Year 7 each year.
Beths Grammar School does not have a fixed catchment area; if a boy meets the qualifying standard he can apply regardless of where he lives. After looked-after and previously looked-after children who meet the standard, places are offered to qualifying boys living closest to the school, so proximity is often the deciding factor when the school is oversubscribed.
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Beths Grammar School was founded in 1945 as Erith Technical School and gained grammar school status in 1976. It is a selective boys’ grammar school (with a mixed sixth form) on Hartford Road in Bexley, South East London.
Beths Grammar School has a Published Admission Number of around 180 boys for Year 7 each year. The Bexley grammar schools are heavily oversubscribed, so thorough preparation for the Bexley Selection Test is important.
Beths Grammar School uses the Bexley Selection Test, provided by GL Assessment and shared by all four Bexley grammar schools. It consists of two timed, multiple-choice papers taken in one session, covering English and verbal ability, numerical reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, sat in the week commencing Monday, 7th September 2026.
Beths Grammar School has no fixed catchment area; any boy who meets the qualifying standard can apply. However, after looked-after children, qualifying boys living closest to the school are prioritised, so proximity is often the deciding factor when the school is oversubscribed.
For 2027 entry, the Bexley Selection Test registration window opened on 1st March 2026 and closed at midnight on 31st March 2026 through the Bexley Council website; late registrations are not accepted. The test is sat in the week commencing Monday, 7th September 2026.
Yes. Beths Grammar School offers a wide range of extracurricular activities, with particularly strong traditions in rugby and football alongside music, clubs and its house system, supported by its focus on Maths, Technology and Science.
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