In January 2016 the governors announced they were advertising for a permanent Principal,[1] and in June 2016 it was announced that Mr Mark Pinchin, an ambassador for the Youth Sports Trust, had been appointed the new permanent principal and started in September 2016.

[1] In 2014 a report published by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator revealed Bexleyheath Academy had failed to comply with central Government criteria.

[2] The report, which was published on gov.uk, said: "Two issues were raised about the 2014 sixth form admission arrangements.

[2] "The first was that there were no current arrangements for admission to the sixth form on the school’s website and the second was that the school required applicants to attend a selection interview as part of the admission arrangements to the sixth form.

[3] In 2019, the school was the subject of controversy due to having seven headteachers in eight years,[4] and receiving an "Inadequate" Ofsted inspection.