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Blackfen School for Girls

Academy converter secondary school in Sidcup (Bexley).

Attainment 8
46.2
same England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
43.9%
▼ 2pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
90.2%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
17.1
▲ 0.4 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
14.4%
▼ 13pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
7.3%
▼ 7pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
88%
1,324 / 1,500 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
No overall grade
inspected Mar 2025

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

Blackfen school is an 11-18 non-selective school in the London Borough of Bexley. The school has 1350 students and around 330 of those are in our thriving mixed sixth form. Our school motto is raising aspirations releasing potential which continues to be a key focus for the school. To us raising aspirations releasing potential is not just about results.

We aim to develop our young people as citizens who readily take on responsibility. As a school we know that we have a key role to play in this. We want our young people to develop confidence and self- esteem through a variety of opportunities available to them.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Key facts

URN
137965
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Local authority
Bexley
Constituency
Old Bexley and Sidcup
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2012

Governing body (18 current, 6 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

13 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Ms Lindsay ElmslieTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Andrew Lane Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Janet Phelps Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mr William Stone Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Jeanette Johnson Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025
Mrs Nadine Doyle Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2025 · until 2029
Ms Terry White Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Sirin Peache Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2025 · until 2029
Ms Temitope OsekitaTrusteeTrust boardNominated by LA and appointed by GBsince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Emma Skinner Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2024 · until 2028
Mrs Jordan McMahon Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Stuart Fitz-Gerald Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024
Mr Stuart Fitz-Gerald Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Ms Carrie Senior Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2024
Ms Carrie Senior Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2024
Mr Brad TannerTrusteeTrust boardParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr William Stone Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022
Mr Gary MorganChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2010
Carol Townsend Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · term ended 2025
Mrs Geetha Jayawardena FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · term ended 2026
Mrs Michèle Yianni-Attard FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · term ended 2026
Mrs Janine Wooster Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mr William Stone Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mrs Carol Townsend Confirmed same person FormerMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2021 · term ended 2025

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record