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Ages 3–11
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OpenPrimaryURN 144889
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Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
221
Local authority
Bexley
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Welling, Bexley, 221 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 12%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Southwark.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 144889
Location
- Address
- Wrotham Road
- Postcode
- DA16 1LS
- Town
- Welling
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Bexley
- District
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford
- 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
- 221
- Boys / girls
- 122 / 99
- School capacity
- 240
- Capacity fill
- 221 / 240 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 12%
- FSM pupils
- 24
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Southwark
- Governance
- Academy trust: SDBE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- SDBE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Southwark Diocesan Board of Education
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 6 on roll / 7 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Blackburn
- Telephone
- 02083033287
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
Good
Inspection date
2022-11-22
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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)
- 62%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 10%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
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
14.4%
Unauthorised
1.1%
- Authorised absence
- 4.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 180
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 6.8% · Persistent 25.7%
- 2021/22
- Overall 6.7% · Persistent 20.6%