History
Founded in 1955, Bexley Grammar School was opened by Sir Edward Heath, the local Member of Parliament at the time, and after whom the Heath Building (completed in 2000) is named. Sir Edward attended the school's Golden Jubilee celebrations shortly before his death in 2005. The School has been a specialist Language College since September 2002 and a specialist college in Science and Mathematics since 2008. It has recently been awarded foundation school status.
There have been five headmasters in the school's history. The former head, Mr. Roderick MacKinnon, is now head of Bristol Grammar School. He was replaced by Mr John Welsh.
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