OFSTED
Latest inspection
15 April 2026
Latest published outcome
Met
Renewed framework
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum & teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Exceptional
Attendance & behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development
Strong standard
Leadership & governance
Strong standard
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
18 November 2021
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Published
17 January 2022
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Bexley
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
419
419 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
213
50.8% of pupils
Male pupils
206
49.2% of pupils
21.7 pts
below England
School
3.1%
Bexley
20.2%
London
26.3%
England
24.8%
13.1 pts
above England
School
33.4%
Bexley
22.7%
London
39.2%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Bexley
0.6%
London
0.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
12.2%
51
Any other Asian background
7.4%
31
Any other Mixed background
4.5%
19
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
9.8%
41 of
419 pupils
11.0 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
7.9%
33 pupils
England
14.8%
6.9 pts
below
EHC plans
1.9%
8 pupils
England
6.0%
4.1 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
20
No specialist assessment yet
11
Autistic spectrum disorder
3
Social, emotional & mental health
3
Specific learning difficulty
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
3.20%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
3.02 pts
lower than
England
School
3.20%
Bexley
6.12%
London
6.38%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
2.73%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
13.08 pts
lower than
England
School
2.73%
Bexley
15.72%
London
17.60%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.00%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.80 pts
lower than
England
School
0.00%
Bexley
1.68%
London
1.67%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
99.8%
11.6 pts
above England
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School
99.8%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.