Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- 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
- 12 May 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 4 May 2022Graded inspection: Inadequate · as King Henry School, URN 146378
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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 entry520 applications · 170 places offered · 170 named it first
- 2026 3.1; Bexley median median 3.1
- 2025 1.9; Bexley median median 3.2
- 2024 2.1; Bexley median median 2.9
- 2023 1.7; Bexley median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2022 2.2; Bexley median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.8; Bexley median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2020 2.1; Bexley median median 3.4; as the previous school
- 2019 1.7; Bexley median median 3.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Bexley median
Dashed bars: as King Henry School (URN 146378), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 170 | 520 | 3.1 | 170 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 197 | 372 | 1.9 | 123 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2024 | 156 | 323 | 2.1 | 90 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2023 * | 155 | 263 | 1.7 | 89 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2022 * | 220 | 491 | 2.2 | 163 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2021 * | 253 | 448 | 1.8 | 171 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2020 * | 232 | 479 | 2.1 | 191 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2019 * | 349 | 583 | 1.7 | 234 | 0.67 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 180 | 40.9 | 30% | 54% | – |
| 2024/25 | 158 | 35.4 | 27% | 44% | – |
| 2023/24 | 266 | 32.7 | 25% | 43% | −0.95 |
| 2022/23 | – |
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
- Leigh Academy BexleyThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures 20263.1applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Bexley20262.3applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Bexley20262.3applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Bexley20262.2applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · BexleyGood20223.2applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · BexleyStandards maintained20241.7applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · BexleyOutstanding20233.7applications per place 74.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.3 km · BexleyGood20225.4applications per place 73.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.3 km · Bexley20263.7applications per place 49.2Attainment 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
- 149898 · 303/4006
- Capacity
- 2,050 pupils · 873 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2023
- Replaced
- King Henry School (URN 146378)
- Address
- Avenue Road, Erith, DA8 3BN
- Local authority
- Bexley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources