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Barnehurst Infant School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 218Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140320URN

Barnehurst Close, Northumberland Heath, Erith, DA8 3NL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.7per place
2.1 above Bexley median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bexley

284 applications for 60 places · 1st of 52 in Bexley
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 8 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

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
4.7applications per place, Reception
2.1 above Bexley median (2.6) 2.5 above England median (2.2)

284 applications · 60 places offered · 85 named it first

  1. 2026 4.7; Bexley median median 2.6
  2. 2025 4.7; Bexley median median 2.5
  3. 2024 5.2; Bexley median median 2.6
  4. 2023 5.6; Bexley median median 2.6
  5. 2022 5.2; Bexley median median 2.7
  6. 2021 5.2; Bexley median median 2.7
  7. 2020 5.5; Bexley median median 2.8
  8. 2019 6.0; Bexley median median 2.8
  9. 2018 5.6; Bexley median median 2.8
  10. 2017 5.7; Bexley median median 2.9
  11. 2016 6.2; Bexley median median 2.8
  12. 2015 5.4; Bexley median median 3.0
  13. 2014 5.0; Bexley median median 2.7
More applications per place than the Bexley median in 13 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 2026602844.7851.42
Sep 2025602824.71141.90
Sep 2024603145.2961.60
Sep 2023603335.61131.88
Sep 2022603145.21051.75
Sep 2021603125.21001.67
Sep 2020603275.5971.62
Sep 2019593546.01081.83
Sep 2018603365.61071.78
Sep 2017603435.7981.63
Sep 2016603696.2941.57
Sep 2015603255.4941.57
Sep 2014602985.01071.78

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140320 · 303/5200
Trust
The Primary First Trust
Capacity
232 pupils · 218 on roll
Free school meals
9.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2013
Replaced
Barnehurst Infant School (URN 101473)
Address
Barnehurst Close, Northumberland Heath, Erith, DA8 3NL
Local authority
Bexley

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