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Gravel Hill Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 434Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 145208URN

Watling Street, Bexleyheath, DA6 7QJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.3 below Bexley median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bexley

102 applications for 44 places · 38th of 52 in Bexley
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
56%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 30 June 2026Published 8 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 30 June 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 27 January 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
2.3applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Bexley median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

102 applications · 44 places offered · 44 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Bexley median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.6; Bexley median median 2.5
  3. 2024 2.4; Bexley median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.4; Bexley median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.8; Bexley median median 2.7
  6. 2021 2.3; Bexley median median 2.7
  7. 2020 2.3; Bexley median median 2.8
  8. 2019 2.8; Bexley median median 2.8
  9. 2018 3.4; Bexley median median 2.8
  10. 2017 3.2; Bexley median median 2.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.9; Bexley median median 2.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.0; Bexley median median 3.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.9; Bexley median median 2.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Bexley median

Dashed bars: as Gravel Hill Primary School (URN 101407), the previous school.

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 2026441022.3441.00
Sep 2025601572.6530.88
Sep 2024601432.4611.02
Sep 2023571362.4440.77
Sep 2022421162.8380.90
Sep 2021501152.3420.84
Sep 2020461042.3310.67
Sep 2019411152.8370.90
Sep 2018401353.4340.85
Sep 2017 *471523.2380.81
Sep 2016 *531522.9400.75
Sep 2015 *601803.0450.75
Sep 2014 *381092.9220.58

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 61% · Writing 66% · Maths 64% → all three 56% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard56%46th of 54 in Bexley
Reading
Expected standard61%
Higher standard32%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard66%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard64%
Higher standard36%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bexley median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2556%10%103104
2023/2479%16%107106
2022/2374%13%107107

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145208 · 303/2006
Trust
Cygnus Academies Trust
Capacity
450 pupils · 434 on roll
Free school meals
18.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2017
Replaced
Gravel Hill Primary School (URN 101407)
Address
Watling Street, Bexleyheath, DA6 7QJ
Local authority
Bexley

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