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Voluntary controlled school · Bexley

Foster's Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 452Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 101451URN

Westbrooke Road, Welling, DA16 1PN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodOct 2012
School remains Good (Improving)Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
close to Bexley median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bexley

159 applications for 59 places · 25th of 52 in Bexley
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
82%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodOct 2012
School remains Good (Improving)Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024

Inspection history

  1. 22 February 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
  2. 2 October 2012
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.7applications per place, Reception
close to Bexley median (2.6) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

159 applications · 59 places offered · 65 named it first

  1. 2026 2.7; Bexley median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.8; Bexley median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.6; Bexley median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.3; Bexley median median 2.6
  5. 2022 3.0; Bexley median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.3; Bexley median median 2.7
  7. 2020 3.7; Bexley median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.4; Bexley median median 2.8
  9. 2018 3.8; Bexley median median 2.8
  10. 2017 3.6; Bexley median median 2.9
  11. 2016 3.4; Bexley median median 2.8
  12. 2015 4.1; Bexley median median 3.0
  13. 2014 3.3; Bexley median median 2.7
More applications per place than the Bexley median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Bexley median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026591592.7651.10
Sep 2025601692.8601.00
Sep 2024571482.6550.96
Sep 2023601963.3661.10
Sep 2022601773.0550.92
Sep 2021601993.3651.08
Sep 2020602243.7781.30
Sep 2019602063.4701.17
Sep 2018602253.8741.23
Sep 2017602173.6781.30
Sep 2016602063.4681.13
Sep 2015602464.1811.35
Sep 2014601963.3611.02

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 85% · Writing 87% · Maths 89% → all three 82% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard82%10th of 54 in Bexley
Reading
Expected standard85%
Higher standard48%
Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard87%
Greater depth19%
Maths
Expected standard89%
Higher standard45%
Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bexley median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2582%18%109109
2023/2467%14%106106
2022/2366%13%106105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
101451 · 303/3001
Capacity
454 pupils · 452 on roll
Free school meals
7.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Westbrooke Road, Welling, DA16 1PN
Local authority
Bexley

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources