Academy converter · Primary
Welling · DA16 2ST · Bexley
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 134780
Bishop Ridley Church of England VA Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Welling · DA16 2QE
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
342
Local authority
Bexley
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Welling, Bexley, 342 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 7.6%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Rochester.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 134780
Location
- Address
- Northumberland Avenue
- Postcode
- DA16 2QE
- Town
- Welling
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Bexley
- District
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 342
- Boys / girls
- 168 / 174
- School capacity
- 412
- Capacity fill
- 342 / 412 (83%)
- Free school meals
- 7.6%
- FSM pupils
- 26
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Rochester
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Stuart Keep
- Telephone
- 02083034461
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-04-24
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 65%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 8%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
5.3%
Persistent absence
11.2%
Unauthorised
1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 348
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 5.9% · Persistent 14.7%
- 2021/22
- Overall 4.5% · Persistent 9.8%