Academy sponsor led · Bexley

Haberdashers' Crayford Academy

11–18Ages
1,078Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
135951URN

Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, Dartford, DA1 4RS · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Haberdashers' Crayford Primary, Haberdashers' Slade Green Primary.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.2per place

close to Bexley median (3.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BexleySelective

570 applications for 180 places · 8th of 16 in Bexley

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

43.8of 90

Bexley 47.3 England 46.0

11th of 16 in Bexley

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 30 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Sixth form provision		Good

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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

3.2applications per place, Year 7

close to Bexley median (3.1) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

570 applications · 180 places offered · 168 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 3.2; Bexley median median 3.1
2025 3.2; Bexley median median 3.2
2024 3.3; Bexley median median 2.9
2023 2.9; Bexley median median 3.0
2022 2.6; Bexley median median 2.9
2021 2.7; Bexley median median 3.1
2020 3.0; Bexley median median 3.4
2019 5.1; Bexley median median 3.6
2018 5.2; Bexley median median 3.6
2017 6.6; Bexley median median 3.4
2016 10.2; Bexley median median 3.7
2015 8.5; Bexley median median 3.9
2014 8.0; Bexley median median 3.6

This school
Bexley median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	180	570	3.2	168	0.93
Sep 2025	180	567	3.2	191	1.06
Sep 2024	190	635	3.3	193	1.02
Sep 2023	179	524	2.9	134	0.75
Sep 2022	180	475	2.6	184	1.02
Sep 2021	179	490	2.7	131	0.73
Sep 2020	179	532	3.0	148	0.83
Sep 2019	120	606	5.1	116	0.97
Sep 2018	126	658	5.2	141	1.12
Sep 2017	100	661	6.6	128	1.28
Sep 2016	78	794	10.2	189	2.42
Sep 2015	87	740	8.5	166	1.91
Sep 2014	106	848	8.0	232	2.19

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

162 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.811th of 16 in Bexley

Bexley 47.3 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths33%14th of 16 in Bexley

Bexley 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%

Bexley 67% England 66%

This school
Bexley median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.13

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	162	43.8	33%	65%	–
2024/25	159	45.2	40%	65%	–
2023/24	164	44.3	43%	64%	−0.13
2022/23	171	44.6	38%	63%	+0.04

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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

Haberdashers' Crayford AcademyThis school
This school

Good2022

3.2applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
St Catherine's Catholic School
1.8 km · Bexley

2026

2.2applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
Dartford Grammar School
1.9 km · Kent

Outstanding2022

8.8applications per place 78.9Attainment 8 Selective
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
1.9 km · Bexley

Standards maintained2024

1.7applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
Dartford Grammar School for Girls
2.0 km · Kent

2026

7.1applications per place 77.3Attainment 8 Selective
Dartford Science & Technology College
2.1 km · Kent

2026

3.9applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
Leigh Academy Bexley
2.4 km · Bexley

Special measures 2026

3.1applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
Beths Grammar School
2.4 km · Bexley

Good2022

5.4applications per place 73.2Attainment 8 Selective
Lift Bexleyheath
2.6 km · Bexley

2026

2.3applications per place 47.3Attainment 8

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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 135951 · 303/6907
Trust: Haberdashers' Aske's Federation Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,150 pupils · 1,078 on roll
Free school meals: 39.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2009
Address: Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, Dartford, DA1 4RS
Local authority: Bexley

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources