St Olave's Grammar School

St Olave's Grammar School
Clock tower of the former school building on Queen Elizabeth Street
Address
Goddington Lane Orpington , Greater London , BR6 9SH England
Coordinates	51°22′03″N 0°06′14″E / 51.3675°N 0.104°E / 51.3675; 0.104
Information
Other names	St Olave's Grammar School St Olave's
Type	Voluntary aided grammar school
Motto	Olaf to Right the Wrong
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1571; 453 years ago (1571)
Local authority	Bromley
Department for Education URN	101676 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of governors	Adrian Boyd
Headmaster	Andrew Rees
Chaplain	Julie Bowen[1]
Gender	Male (co-educational sixth form)
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1081 (2020)
Capacity	838 [2]
Houses	Bingham   Cure   Harvard   Leeke
Colour(s)	Purple, black and white
Song	Jerusalem
Publication	The Olavian Magazine
Affiliation	Woodard Foundation
Alumni	Old Olavians
Beneficiary of	St Olave's and St Saviour's Schools Foundation and Dulwich Estate
Website	www.saintolaves.net

St. Olave's Grammar School (formally St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Church of England Grammar School) (/ˈoʊlævz/ or /ˈɒlɪvz/) is a selective secondary school for boys in Orpington, Greater London, England. Founded by royal charter in 1571, the school occupied several sites in Southwark, before establishing a location on Tooley Street in 1893. It moved to the suburb of Orpington in 1968, and has admitted girls to its sixth form since 1998.

A former Sunday Times State School of the Year (2008), the school is selective at both initial entry and for entry to the sixth form, but it has been criticised for policies that led to students being excluded from the sixth form for not achieving high grades. In 2017, parents threatened legal action against the policies applied by headteacher Aydin Önaç (who subsequently resigned), and the London Borough of Bromley instituted an inquiry whose critical report was published in July 2018.