Bexley Grammar School

Bexley Grammar School, is a co-educational grammar school with academy status in Welling, in the London Borough of Bexley, UK. Students are normally admitted into Year 7 at age 11, however they can be admitted at a younger age of 10, providing they have passed the Eleven plus exam.HistoryFounded 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, is now 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.GroundsThe school has expanded into new buildings over time; Main, Jubilee, Golden Jubilee, Heath, Le Feuvre, Music, Jubilee extension and Golden Jubilee . 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 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 block with a drama studio and sixth form study area.