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Barrington Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 213 pupils Bexleyheath
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Barrington Primary School is an academy converter in Bexley for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 213 pupils on roll. In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Barrington Road
Bexleyheath
Kent
DA7 4UN
Phone 02083040242
Reference Number 143868

General Makeup

Number of pupils 213
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.64%
Girls: 48.36%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 15%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 41.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 18 13 31
2 15 14 29
3 16 13 29
4 13 20 33
5 13 19 32
6 22 10 32

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 45.1%
White, Other 15%
Indian 13.1%
Chinese 5.2%
Asian, Other 4.7%
White & Asian 3.8%
Mixed, Other 1.9%
African 1.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
Pakistani 0.9%
Irish 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 08 Jul 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
08 Jul 2025 School inspection
03 Dec 2019 School inspection
06 Jan 2017 Academy conversion letter
11 Sep 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as Barrington Primary School
05 May 2011 Full inspection:
08 Jul 2009 Monitoring visit
25 Jun 2008 Full inspection:
18 Oct 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 62%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 12%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.1
Writing 0.8
Maths 1.8

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 31 2
Third Preference 23 0
From another Local Authority 3 2

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Barrington Primary School had 217 pupils for 210 places. That is 7 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Welling Primary” planning area

Bexley counted 522 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 490 in 2029–30, down 6%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 240240240240240240240210
Pupils 241244249212217213220217
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%11.7%9.6%11.2%8.3%0.0%

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 Barrington Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.6%3.1%2.7%5.1%4.2%3.6%3.6%
Unauthorised absence 0.8%1.2%0.7%1.5%1.9%1.4%1.6%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%1.0%1.5%0.5%0.0%0.5%

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, 0.0% of pupils at Barrington Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.81.23.32.30.50.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 000000000

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 Barrington Primary School had 22.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 14.211.310.811.211.95.210.910.810.8
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%3.7%6.4%10.4%24.4%10.2%15.4%10.8%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 27.3%53.8%–81.8%46.2%81.8%91.7%70.0%–
Sick days per teacher 0.74.3–8.72.812.53.67.0–

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, 8.0% of pupils at Barrington Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 9 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 6 13
Autistic spectrum disorder 5 1
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 2
Hearing impairment 0 1
Social, emotional and mental health 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Barrington Primary School received £9,892 and spent £10,169 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £8,000 (-£38 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of London South East Academies Trust, income was £15,131 and spending £14,671 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £101,000£114,000£81,000£47,000£10,000-£5,000-£8,000
per pupil £404£531£378£223£47-£23-£38
In-year balance -£58,000£246,000-£466,000£5,000£71,000-£151,000-£58,000
per pupil -£231£1,146-£2,169£23£331-£705-£277

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.

Name Distance
Foster's Primary School
Westbrooke Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1PN
0.13 miles
Aspire Academy
South Gipsy Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1JB
0.16 miles
Brampton Primary Academy
Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 4SL
0.26 miles
St Michael's East Wickham Church of England Primary School
Wrotham Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1LS
0.38 miles
Crook Log Primary School
Crook Log, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 8EQ
0.43 miles
Upland Primary School
Church Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 4DG
0.57 miles
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
Sheldon Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 4PH
0.67 miles
Hillsgrove Primary School
Sidmouth Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1DR
0.77 miles
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School
Ruskin Avenue, Welling, Kent, DA16 3QG
0.86 miles
Danson Primary School
Danson Lane, Welling, Kent, DA16 2BH
0.9 miles
Hook Lane Primary School
Faraday Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 2ET
0.95 miles
East Wickham Primary Academy
Wickham Street, Welling, Kent, DA16 3BP
1 miles
Belmont Academy
Belmont Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 1LE
1.11 miles
Pelham Primary School
Pelham Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 4HL
1.12 miles
Upton Primary School
Iris Avenue, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1HH
1.12 miles
Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School
Bedonwell Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 5PF
1.13 miles
Bedonwell Junior School
Bedonwell Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 5PF
1.13 miles
Bursted Wood Primary School
Swanbridge Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 5BS
1.26 miles
Sherwood Park Primary School
Sherwood Park Avenue, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 9JQ
1.3 miles
Gravel Hill Primary School
Watling Street, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7QJ
1.45 miles
Name Distance
Park View Academy
146-148 Parkview Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1SR
0.43 miles
Welling School
Elsa Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 1LB
0.52 miles
Bexley Grammar School
Danson Lane, Welling, Kent, DA16 2BL
0.91 miles
Lift Bexleyheath
Woolwich Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7DA
1.03 miles
Townley Grammar School
Townley Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7AB
1.17 miles
Blackfen School for Girls
Blackfen Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 9NU
1.19 miles
Break Through School
121 Nuxley Road, Belvedere, DA17 5JX
1.38 miles
ADO River Valley School
Poets Corner Centre, 19a Keats Road, Welling, Kent, DA16 3NB
1.45 miles
St Catherine's Catholic School
Watling Street, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7QJ
1.56 miles
Willow Dene School
Swingate Lane, Plumstead, SE18 2JD
1.56 miles
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
Halcot Avenue, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7QB
1.59 miles
Harris Academy Falconwood
The Green, Welling, Kent, DA16 2PE
1.61 miles
Beths Grammar School
Hartford Road, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1NE
1.66 miles
Marlborough School
Marlborough Park Avenue, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 9DP
1.8 miles
Hurstmere School
Hurst Road, Sidcup, DA15 9AW
1.83 miles
Thrive Independent School
240-242 Plumstead High Street, Plumstead, LONDON, SE18 1JL
1.92 miles
Leigh Academy Bexley
Avenue Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 3BN
1.93 miles
Endeavour Academy Bexley
Woodside Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 6LB
1.98 miles
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School
Hurst Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 9AG
2.08 miles
Woodside Academy
Colyers Lane, Erith, Kent, DA8 3PB
2.11 miles

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Barrington Primary School is part of London South East Academies Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Barrington Primary School have?

Barrington Primary School has 213 pupils on roll.

What age range does Barrington Primary School cover?

Barrington Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Barrington Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Barrington Primary School?

Barrington Primary School is at Barrington Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 4UN.

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