Royal Park Primary Academy

Royal Park Primary Academy has demonstrated a commendable level of performance overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across most domains, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management. The school excels in personal development, which is reflected in its wide-ranging curriculum that addresses both academic and emotional needs of the students. The school has taken significant steps to adapt to the challenges posed by the pandemic and has prioritized mental well-being and support for vulnerable pupils, ensuring that all students are included in school life and have equal opportunities to thrive. Despite the overall positive performance, there are areas that require attention. The implementation of the carefully planned curriculum is not always as effective as intended, with instances where pupils may miss out on essential subject content due to improper selection of teaching activities. This has resulted in some knowledge gaps for students. Nevertheless, the school demonstrates a strong commitment to continual improvement and maintaining high standards for its students.

Strengths

• Carefully designed and ambitious curriculum
• Effective early reading instruction
• Strong emphasis on personal development
• High expectations of pupil behaviour
• Inclusive environment for pupils with SEND
• Pupils feel safe and supported
• Engagement with a range of extracurricular activities

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum leading to knowledge gaps

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 Royal Park Primary Academy attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.0% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Royal Park 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 Royal Park Primary Academy had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 33.6% 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, 24.9% of pupils at Royal Park Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 16 pupils.

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 Royal Park Primary Academy received £9,780 and spent £8,520 for each of its 338 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £152,000 (£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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Royal Park Primary Academy is part of The Kemnal Academies Trust, which runs 45 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Royal Park Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Royal Park Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Royal Park Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Royal Park Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Royal Park Primary Academy have?

Royal Park Primary Academy has 338 pupils on roll.

What age range does Royal Park Primary Academy cover?

Royal Park Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Royal Park Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Royal Park Primary Academy?

Royal Park Primary Academy is at Riverside Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 4PX.