Statutory Information
As an academy, the Government requires us to publish certain information. We have published it in one place here for your convenience. Please refer to both the Related links and Downloads.
If you require paper copies, please contact us at admin@townleygrammar.org.uk or call 0208 304 8311.
A selection of our key school policies (Statutory Information) can be viewed by opening the tabs below, you can also view/download all our School Polices and Reports.
Admissions Arrangements
Annual Report and Accounts
The school is required to publish the following financial information according to the Department of Education guidance
Annual Report and Annual Audited Accounts Year-end August 2024
Annual Report and Annual Audited Accounts Year-end August 2023
Annual Report and Annual Audited Accounts Year-end August 2022
Annual Report and Annual Audited Accounts Year-end August 2021
Annual Report and Annual Audited Accounts Year-end August 2020
Behaviour policy
Relationships are central to exceptional behaviour for learning. We live in a school community and must respect each other’s dignity, working together for a common purpose: to create a happy, safe, ambitious, and successful learning environment where we see and treat each other as an extension of ourselves.
Creating a framework in which the behaviours needed for that kind of community to flourish involves a strong focus on pre-emptive systems, rewards, and certainty of consequences. To support the development of behaviour and help young people to overcome the challenges they find in meeting those standards to flourish we will provide a variety of forms of support.
Careers Programme Information
Charging and remissions policy
This policy aims to provide clarity over the types of activity for which charges might be made to parents. This policy is fully compliant with the provisions of the Education Reform Act, 1996 (sections 449-462), which sets out the law on charging for school activities in schools.
Education
Townley Grammar School cannot charge for:
- Admission
- Education provided during school hours, including the supply of any materials, books, instruments or other equipment
- Education provided out of school hours if it is part of the national curriculum or part of a syllabus for a prescribed public examination that the student is being prepared for at the school or part of religious education
- Individual or group instrumental or vocal tuition, unless the tuition is provided at the request of the student’s parent
- Entry for a prescribed public examination, if the student has been prepared for it at the school
- Examination re-sit(s) if the student is being prepared for the re-sit(s) at the school
Townley Grammar School may charge for:
- Materials, books, instruments or equipment where the child’s parent wishes the child to own them
Complaints Policy
Townley Grammar School endeavours to provide the best possible education for all of its pupils in an open and transparent environment. We welcome any feedback that we receive from parents, pupils and third parties, and we accept that not all of this will be positive. Where concerns are raised the school intends for these to be dealt with:
- Fairly
- Openly
- Promptly
- Without Prejudice
In order to do so, the Townley Grammar School Trust Board has approved the following procedure which explains what you should do if you wish to make a complaint about the school. All members of staff will be familiar with the procedure and will be able to assist you.
Main Contact Information
Acting Headteacher:
Miss S Totty
Main Telephone: 020 8304 8311
Email: headteacher@townleygrammar.org.uk
Attendance:
Email: attendance@townleygrammar.org.uk (Years 7 to 13)
Phone: 020 8304 8311 ext. 1 - (Years 7 - 11)
Phone: 020 8304 8311 ext. 2 - (Years 12 -13)
Safeguarding Email: safeguarding@townleygrammar.org.uk
Phone: 020 8304 8311 Option 7 - all year groups
Main Email (general enquiries):
admin@townleygrammar.org.uk
Admissions:
admissions@townleygrammar.org.uk
Careers
careers@townleygrammar.org.uk
Finance
finance@odysseytrust.org.uk
Acting Chair of Trustees
Ruwanka Tharushi Wijesena
To contact the Chair of Trustees please email the Clerk to the Chair of Trustees: admin@townleygrammar.org.uk
Examinations
examinations@townleygrammar.org.uk
Human Resources
hr@townleygrammar.org.uk
Address
Townley Grammar School,
Townley Road,
Bexleyheath,
Kent DA6 7AB
Directions to Townley Grammar School
We can be found close to the A2 and a short distance from Bexleyheath. Buses that stop outside are the B13 and 269, with many other bus routes stopping in the centre of Bexleyheath, which is around eight eight-minute walk away.
For more information, please see Google Maps.
Paper Copies
We can provide a paper copy of the policies and reports information on this website if a parent requests.
Curriculum
View our Key 3, 4 and 5 Curriculum here
From that page, you will be able to view details on each individual subject taught at Townley Grammar School.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Townley Grammar School Trust is committed to both the principles and the implementation of equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion for all members of our community. We value the diversity of our Trust and this is reflection in our mission statement and core values. We strive to eliminate unlawful discrimination and to promote equality and diversity strategy within the context of prevailing legislation. We will also work towards promoting equality of opportunity and outcomes developing an inclusive and enabling environment for all staff and students.
Townley Grammar School Trust aims to ensure that all policies (recruitment, disciplinary, etc), procedures and practices provide fair and equal treatment for all. No staff or student will be treated less favourably than any other person.
Townley Grammar School Trust will not tolerate, bullying, discriminatory treatment, harassment or intimidation of any individual or group and will act promptly to investigate any complaints and take the relevant actions in light of the findings.
Townley Grammar School plays an important role in society as places of debate and discussion where ideas can be tested without fear of control, where students learn to challenge ideas and think for themselves, and where rationality underpins the pursuit of knowledge. Difficulties may arise in defining the boundaries between, for instance, unlawful harassment and free speech. In considering what amounts to unlawful harassment, regard must be had to the context in which the speech or conduct takes place. In relation to academic debate or speaker events the appropriate boundaries must be judged by reference to what is reasonable in those contexts.
The fact that views are ‘offensive’ does not in itself mean that the views amount to unlawful harassment. It may often be the manner in which views are expressed, rather than the opinions themselves, which takes the relevant speech into the realm of unlawful harassment. The duty to promote good relations should not normally conflict with the protection of free speech. Tolerance and respect for opposing viewpoints are entirely compatible with fostering good relations. All staff and students should refrain from all forms of harassment, prejudice and unfair discrimination on any of the protected characteristics outlined in the sections below.
Townley Grammar School Trust aims to meet its obligations under the public sector equality duty by having due regard to the need to:
- Eliminate discrimination and other conduct that is prohibited by the Equality Act 2010
- Act within the spirit of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission's best practice/guidance
- Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it
- Foster good relations across all characteristics and create harmonious, cohesive communities in our schools
- Ensure the Trust is a safe, secure and stimulating environment for all
- Recognise that some staff and students, those with protected characteristics, may need additional support to help them achieve and flourish.
Ethos, Values, Our Vision
Here at Townley, we view education as a creative process.
Our vision is of leading a learning community fostering academic, emotional and physical confidence. Creating inspirational learners who have the courage to take risks and the wisdom to learn from their mistakes.
An education at Townley Grammar School is a privilege but also a great responsibility. Ultimately we are judged not just by our qualifications but by our qualities. These, together with first-class academic qualifications, enable students at Townley to become responsible citizens with a social conscience, able to lead others and act as change agents for a better society.
Everyone should have the opportunity to be extraordinary and through our bold and inspiring curriculum, we enable our students to let their dreams power their futures. By fuelling the imagination of our students, we light a fire that will burn bright throughout their lives.
The School's aims are:
- To inspire and challenge our students through providing outstanding teaching, rich opportunities for learning and encouragement with support for each individual
- To create a school community that fosters academic, emotional and physical confidence, where students develop the courage to take risks and the wisdom to learn from their mistakes
- To encourage in pupils a sense of dignity, integrity, responsibility and self-esteem
- To educate students to be mature, confident, articulate and caring individuals who grow into responsible citizens with a social conscience, able to lead others and act as change agents for a better society
- To provide students with first-class academic qualifications and help them to acquire the attitudes, knowledge and skills to succeed within the world in which they will live
- To encourage all pupils to have an open mind, a desire to be challenged and a respect for learning, each other and our environment
- To develop students who are reflective and resourceful with a passion for learning
- To use the power of creativity and performance to support our students in their emotional development and creative potential
- To provide an outstanding education based on excellent and imaginative lessons, combining academic rigour with modern technology and creative techniques
- To balance good order and discipline with the motivational power of praise and celebration
A Townley student aspires to the following qualities:
- Confidence
- Resilience
- Courage
- Compassion
- Integrity
- Spirit
- Social conscience
- The ability to inspire
School Policies
Ofsted Reports
You can view the latest and all previous Ofsted reports here.
Parent View
Ofsted Parent View is an online survey that allows parents to give their views about their child’s school. Parents can complete the survey at any time. By ‘parents’, we mean any person with parental responsibility for a child at the school.
Public Sector Equality Duty
This is part of our: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
Pupil Premium
Pupil premium strategy statement – Townley Grammar
This statement details our school’s use of pupil premium (and recovery premium) funding to help improve the attainment of our disadvantaged pupils.
It outlines our pupil premium strategy, how we intend to spend the funding in this academic year and the outcomes for disadvantaged pupils last academic year.
Downloads
Remote Education
Remote Learning Charter
This document is intended to provide transparency in relation to guidelines provided by the DfE for students, guardians and staff about what to expect from remote education if local restrictions require entire cohorts (or bubbles) to remain at home. It is a flexible working document, subject to review during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. It will discuss remote learning, the importance of wellbeing, as well as social interaction with friends and family. The importance of a routine for learning is also emphasised, in ensuring that students continue to utilise their normal timetable, as much as possible.
For details of what to expect where individual pupils are self-isolating, please see the final section of the document.
Remote learning is used to refer to online learning provision. This may take the form of live video, audio or online chat where possible in the suggested lesson slot. In addition, where pertinent material may have been pre-recorded to allow for students to access materials. Live and posted videos may not last for the whole lesson duration, with time for activities and reflection being built into the normal lesson duration, allowing screen time breaks. All provision is provided by Townley@home.
Townley@home offers high-quality remote learning for students and is of equal importance to the provision delivered in school. The online platforms are facilitated by Google Classrooms and complement the classroom experience for all curriculum areas. Online lessons are planned and, in some cases, delivered by subject specialists and are created in line with educational research.
Requests for copies
When requested, parents and carers can receive paper copies of all our school policies and reports. Please contact us if you need paper copies.
Please note the school day is different on Mondays to the rest of the week.
Monday
8.30 am - 8.45 am: Registration Time
8.45 am - 9.30 am: Period 1
9.35 am - 10.20 am: Period 2
10.20 am - 10.40 am: Break
10.40 am - 11.25 am: Period 3
11.30 am - 12.15 pm: Period 4
12.15 pm - 1.00 pm: Lunch
1.00 pm - 1.45 pm: Period 5
1.50 pm - 2.35 pm: Period 6
Tuesday - Friday
8.30 am - 9.05 am: Registration/21c/CWB
9.05 am - 9.55 am: Period 1
10.00 am - 10.50 am: Period 2
10.50 am - 11.10 am: Break
11.10 am - 12.00 pm: Period 3
12.05 pm - 12.55 pm: Period 4
12.55 pm - 1.45 pm: Lunch
1.45 pm - 2.35 pm: Period 5
2.40 pm - 3.30 pm: Period 6
School Performance
Please find below links to performance data for Townley Grammar School.
School Data, Secondary (Key Stage 4)
School Uniform (Dress Code 2025-26)
Townley Grammar operates a strict School Uniform Policy. You can find below the most up to date uniform lists below.
All clothing and equipment must be clearly marked with student’s name.
Dress Code Years 7 - 11
- Grey blazer with school badge purchased from Oz Schoolwear, which must be worn to and from school.
- A plain grey, black or navy topcoat in a style suitable for school, without any logo and long enough to cover the blazer. Coats made of leather, suede, PVC, denim or furs are not permitted.
- Plain grey skirt: straight with back kick pleat or box pleated from the waist as supplied by Oz Schoolwear. A longer length skirt option is also available from OZ Schoolwear.
- There is an option to wear trousers as supplied by Oz Schoolwear.
- In Years 7 and 8 long or short sleeved blue checked blouse with revers worn tucked into the skirt.
- A plain white round-neck T-shirt may be worn under the blouse in cold weather.
- In Years 9, 10 and 11, long or short sleeved white blouse with revers worn tucked into the skirt. A plain white round-neck T-shirt may be worn under the blouse in cold weather.
- Plain knit (not ribbed) grey V- necked pullover or cardigan with burgundy piping, as supplied by Oz Schoolwear. (A different material composition is available on request.)
- Plain black, white or grey ankle or knee length socks or opaque tights in grey or black.
- Shoes should be black leather (or synthetic leather) with heels less than 50mm high and must not be above the ankle bone. Laces should be black. Ankle boots, and branded/non-branded leather training shoes are not acceptable. For safety reasons canvas shoes, beaded slippers, mules, platforms, slingback and open toed shoes are not permitted. In bad weather boots may be worn to and from school, but must be changed to shoes when in school. Trainers are not a suitable form of footwear for school.
- Head scarves and Hijabs should be plain (no pattern) and any single block colour.
- School bags can be any colour, however, should be sturdy, waterproof and fi t A4 folders securely.
P.E. Kit (All kit must be clearly labelled with the student’s full name)
- Polo Shirt with Logo as supplied by Oz Schoolwear
- Skort as supplied by Oz Schoolwear
- PE Shorts with Logo as supplied by Oz Schoolwear
- Plain Black Track Pants – no logos apart from schools if buying from Oz Schoolwear
- Sweatshirt as supplied by Oz Schoolwear
- Plain black leggings
- Red games socks
- White sports socks
- White training shoes suitable for indoor and outdoor use – NOT boots
Dance Kit
- Leotard - plain black with long, three quarter or short length sleeves, made from cotton lycra/nylon lycra with either a round, boat, high or ‘V’ neckline.
- Tights/leggings – plain black, footless.
Jewellery Policy
The Senior Equity Commission prefects worked alongside the school’s Senior Leadership Team to create a jewellery policy that is accommodating of our varied and diverse school community, enabling all students to express themselves – and have this self-expression reflected by school policy. The details of our school’s
Jewellery expectations are:
Students will be permitted to wear:
- 2 piercings per ear (not specific to the lobe), both of which must be studs.
- 1 necklace, with a thin chain or thin beads and a small pendant. This cannot hang below the chest.
- 1 bracelet
Year 11 students only may wear:
1 x nose piercing. This must be a small stud only
Students will not be permitted to wear:
- Rings
- Any other facial or body piercings
- Any dangling or hoop piercings
Hair accessories should be plain black, grey, pale blue, navy or white only; no outdoor hair accessories should be worn within school buildings. For example, not limited to woollen or knitted ski headbands.
It is inappropriate to wear make-up, cosmetic coloured contact lenses, false nails or eyelashes and nail varnish with the school uniform.
Expensive trainers and fashion items should not be brought to school.
Official Supplier
Oz Schoolwear
6 Chatsworth Parade
Queensway
Petts Wood
Orpington
Kent, BR5 1DF
Limiting the cost of School Uniform
Our school has a duty to make sure that the uniform we require is affordable, in line with statutory guidance from the Department for Education (DfE) on the cost of school uniform. We understand that items with distinctive characteristics (such as branded items, or items that need to have a school logo or a unique fabric/colour/design) cannot be purchased from a wide range of retailers and that requiring many such items limits parents/carers’ ability to ‘shop around’ for a low price.
We will make sure our uniform:
- It is available at a reasonable cost.
- Provides the best value for money for parents/carers.
We will do this by:
- Carefully considering whether any items with distinctive characteristics are necessary.
- Limiting any items with distinctive characteristics where possible for example, by only asking that the blazer, worn over the jumper, features the school logo.
- Limiting items with distinctive characteristics to low-cost and/or long-lasting items.
- Considering cheaper alternatives to school-branded items.
- Avoiding specific requirements for items pupils could wear on non-school days, such as coats, bags and shoes.
- Keeping the number of optional branded items to a minimum, so that the school’s uniform can act as a social leveller.
- Avoiding different uniform requirements for extra-curricular activities.
- Considering alternative methods for signalling differences in groups for inter-school competitions, such as creating posters or labels.
- Making sure that arrangements are in place for parents/carers to acquire second-hand uniform items.
- Avoiding frequent changes to uniform specifications and minimising the financial impact on parents/carers of any changes.
- Consulting with parents/carers and pupils on any proposed significant changes to the uniform policy and carefully considering any complaints about the policy.
Pupil Premium eligible families
We are able to support with regards to the cost of school uniform. Please contact the school directly at pupilpremium@townleygrammar.org.uk
SEND Policies & Report
Our commitment to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Townley Grammar School is committed to providing a high-quality education for all students, including those identified as having special educational needs. We believe all students are entitled to a broad and balanced academic and social curriculum which challenges everyone to achieve their full potential. It is important to note that our support plans are implemented around the barrier to learning, not a diagnosis of need or disability. By adopting this approach, the school will support the students during the early stages of identifying the best approach to formally investigate educational needs. We are committed to working alongside parents/carers, outside agencies and, more importantly, the students to develop and implement support plans that reflect the voice of everyone involved.
Townley Grammar is further committed:
- To ensure that students with SEND engage in the school's activities with students who do not have SEND.
- Reduce barriers to progress by implementing the Local Authority's guidance for Quality First Teaching (Bexley Quality First Teaching and SENToolkit https://www.bexleylocaloffer.uk/Services/5419).
- To use 'best endeavours' to secure special educational provision for students where required, that is "additional to and different" from that provided already within the differentiated curriculum, to respond effectively to the four broad areas of need listed; Communication and interaction, Cognition and learning, Social, emotional and mental health and Sensory/physical.
- To listen, respond and work with parents/carers and students in planning and reviewing the provision and the level of need.
- To ensure regular staff training that helps meet student needs.
- To support students with medical conditions to achieve inclusion in all school activities by speaking with health and social care professionals.
- To work in partnership with the Local Authority and other outside agencies to access help approach to meeting the needs of all vulnerable learners.
- To meet with parents/carers at least three times per year to review SEN support(one of these may be a parents' information evening).
- To plan, implement and review a support plan based on a student's needs in line with their SEND Status.
- To follow the School Admissions Code to ensure that admissions arrangements will not unfairly disadvantage a child with special educational needs or disability, either directly or indirectly.
Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Policy
Special Education and Disabilities Policy (SEND) and Information Report
Test, exam and assessment results
View more detailed information about our Exam Successes at GCSE and A Level, outcomes and performance tables here.
Trustees
We have a team of trustees who have the combined knowledge, skills and experience to support, and to challenge, its activities. Trustees’ core functions are to
- ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
- hold the executive to account for educational performance and the performance management of staff, and to
- oversee financial performance, making sure that money is well spent.
Trustees can be contacted via the Clerk to the Trustees: admin@townleygrammar.org.uk
