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St Olave’s Grammar School

Selective

National rank

Rank last year

95.1^%

A-level

89.7^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Andrew Rees

Attendance 97.4%

Gender of entry Boys

Send pupils* 6.3% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,085

Pupils on free school meals 4.5%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

39.4

38.8

16.9

A*/A

78.2

A*-B

95.1

Grade

9/8

76.8

12.9

9/8/7

89.7

What the school inspection says

“Pupils benefit from an exceptional allround education.The highly ambitious curriculum enables pupils to make exceptional progress. The school also provides exceptional pastoral support to its pupils. They feel very happy and safe at school. If they have any concerns or worries, they know that the school’s pastoral team will support them. Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary, both in lessons and around the school site. Sixth-form students act as role models and mentors for younger pupils. Parents and carers are incredibly positive about the school. One stakeholder said, representing the views of many: ‘It’s quite a special place, quite unique.’”

Inspection

2024

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

The school was founded in 1571 by St Olave’s Church in Southwark, which takes its name from the 11th-century Norwegian king Olaf II. In 1896 it merged with St Saviour’s Grammar School.
After a series of moves around Southwark, the school settled in its current 20-acre site in Orpington in 1968.
St Olave’s and its sister school, St Saviours’ and St Olave’s Girls’ school, which remains in Southwark, are both part of an Anglican foundation. The grammar school is also affiliated to the Woodard Corporation, which comprises more than 30 independent and maintained schools in the UK and abroad.
The school is heavily oversubscribed: each year more than 1,400 pupils compete for the 128 available places in year 7.
Alumni include the author Lawrence Durrell and the comedian Nish Kumar.

office@saintolaves.net

Telephone

01689 820 101

Website

saintolaves.net

Address

Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9SH

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