East Wickham Primary Academy

East Wickham Primary Academy has demonstrated its capability to maintain good standards since its last inspection, showcasing effective leadership and a supportive school environment. The school fosters positive relationships between staff and pupils, contributing to a nurturing atmosphere where students feel safe and valued. The ambitious curriculum, especially for early years, is notable for its strong foundation, which helps pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to achieve well. The positive behaviour of pupils and their eagerness to engage in learning activities further underscores the school's commitment to quality education.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Positive pupil attitudes towards learning.
• Ambitious curriculum that builds on prior knowledge.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• High standards of pupil behaviour.
• Broad range of extracurricular opportunities.
• Effective reading program with swift intervention for struggling readers.

Areas for Improvement

• Occasional failure to address pupils' misconceptions in teaching.
• Some areas of curriculum understanding lack depth.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at East Wickham Primary Academy attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.6% of pupils at East Wickham Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 East Wickham Primary Academy had 27.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 34.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 21.9% of pupils at East Wickham Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 East Wickham Primary Academy received £7,078 and spent £7,109 for each of its 591 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £265,000 (£449 per pupil).

Across all 45 schools of The Kemnal Academies Trust, income was £8,501 and spending £8,452 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bexley · Bexley local authority: places and applications

East Wickham Primary Academy is part of The Kemnal Academies Trust, which runs 45 schools. The nearest others:

• Welling School Welling
• Cleeve Park School Sidcup
• Cleeve Meadow School Sidcup
• Royal Park Primary Academy Sidcup
• Shenstone School Crayford
• Kemnal Technology College Sidcup
• Gray's Farm Primary Academy Orpington
• Horizon Primary Academy Swanley
• Orchards Academy Swanley
• Stapleford Abbotts Primary Academy Romford

What is East Wickham Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for East Wickham Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was East Wickham Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

East Wickham Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does East Wickham Primary Academy have?

East Wickham Primary Academy has 585 pupils on roll.

What age range does East Wickham Primary Academy cover?

East Wickham Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are East Wickham Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is East Wickham Primary Academy?

East Wickham Primary Academy is at Wickham Street, Welling, Kent, DA16 3BP.