Endeavour Academy Bexley

Endeavour Academy Bexley is performing very well. Inspectors found the school to be strong across every evaluated area, and safeguarding requirements are met. Leaders have built an ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum that helps pupils make rapid progress from their starting points, with all pupils leaving with recognised qualifications and at least five qualifications. Teaching is consistent and adapts well to pupils' needs, and outcomes in English, mathematics and functional skills are positive or improving. Pupils' attendance and behaviour are also strengths: leaders use highly personalised, family-centred strategies to reduce absence and re-engage pupils, while consistent routines and thoughtful SEND adjustments have reduced suspensions and physical interventions. The school's context is important. It is a special school for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs and autism, almost all of whom have an education, health and care plan, and it serves a high proportion of disadvantaged pupils and looked-after children, including some with emotionally based school avoidance. Inclusion is highly coordinated, and partnerships with families, external professionals, the virtual school and alternative provision are strong. Personal development, wellbeing, therapeutic support and careers education are also well planned, helping pupils become calmer, more confident and prepared for adulthood. Leadership and governance are effective. Leaders have an accurate view of the school's strengths and priorities, and governors provide appropriate support and challenge. Staff receive coherent professional development, and leaders are mindful of workload and wellbeing. The report identifies no areas for improvement beyond continuing to embed and sustain the high standards already evident.

Strengths

• Ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum enabling rapid progress from pupils' starting points
• All pupils leave with recognised qualifications, including at least five qualifications each
• Improving outcomes at higher grades in English and marked improvement in Level 2 functional skills
• Disadvantaged pupils and those known to children's social care achieve well through flexible pathways and targeted support
• Highly personalised attendance strategies, including phased returns, tailored timetables and the 'Bridge' project, re-engage pupils
• Persistent and severe absence is reducing, particularly for pupils with complex needs
• Respectful, purposeful environment with consistent behaviour routines and reduced suspensions and physical interventions
• Thoughtful SEND adjustments and quick, effective responses to bullying or unkind behaviour
• Clear and accurate curriculum monitoring and focused professional development strengthen teaching
• Teachers use recap, retrieval, questioning, scaffolds and visual supports effectively
• Highly coordinated inclusion with detailed assessment, EHC plans, pupil profiles and personalised programmes
• Strong partnerships with families, external professionals, the virtual school and alternative provider
• Effective leadership with high expectations, clear direction and accurate self-evaluation
• Governance fulfils statutory duties and provides balanced support and challenge
• Coherent professional learning and attention to staff workload and wellbeing
• Well-structured PSHE and relationships education and therapeutic support improve pupils' emotional regulation and confidence
• Strong pupil voice and rich enrichment, trips, residentials and community engagement
• Careers education begins early, with work placements, college links and post-16 support

In 2024–25 pupils at Endeavour Academy Bexley attended 77.9% of sessions (the national figure for special schools was 87.2%). 56.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 35.3%).

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, 50.5% of pupils at Endeavour Academy Bexley were suspended at least once (nationally 5.1%). 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 Endeavour Academy Bexley had 4.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for special schools was 6.6). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.5%).

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 Endeavour Academy Bexley had 102 pupils, 100.0% of them with an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 99.5%).

It says it provides for: social, emotional and mental health.

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 special school schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Endeavour Academy Bexley received £36,618 and spent £35,357 for each of its 95 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £119,000 (£1,254 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

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

Endeavour Academy Bexley is part of London South East Academies Trust, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Woodside Academy Erith
• Belmont Academy Erith
• Aspire Academy Welling
• Barrington Primary School Bexleyheath
• Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School Belvedere
• Bedonwell Junior School Belvedere
• Bromley Beacon Academy Orpington
• Warren Road Primary School Orpington
• Heron Academy London
• Walton Leigh School Walton-On-Thames

What is Endeavour Academy Bexley's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Endeavour Academy Bexley is Strong standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Endeavour Academy Bexley last inspected by Ofsted?

Endeavour Academy Bexley was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Endeavour Academy Bexley have?

Endeavour Academy Bexley has 102 pupils on roll.

What age range does Endeavour Academy Bexley cover?

Endeavour Academy Bexley for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Endeavour Academy Bexley's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 16.1, and 6% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Endeavour Academy Bexley?

Endeavour Academy Bexley is at Woodside Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 6LB.