St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School

St Paul’s Cray Church of England Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in all inspected areas. The school fosters a supportive and familial environment that prioritizes pupil well-being and positive relationships with parents. Leaders have implemented effective measures to help students recover from pandemic-related challenges, focusing on their academic and personal development. Additionally, the school is noted for its dedication to inclusivity, ensuring that children with special educational needs receive appropriate support.

Strengths

• Strong support systems for pupils and parents.
• Positive behaviour and high expectations set by leaders.
• Effective teaching that helps pupils achieve well.
• Broad and balanced curriculum with early reading initiatives.
• Good relationships among staff and pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum in a few subjects is not ambitious enough.
• Support for weaker readers occasionally lacks effectiveness.
• Limited variety of clubs and extracurricular activities.

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 St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.3% 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, 2.9% of pupils at St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School 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 St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 37.6% of pupils at St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% 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 St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School received £8,396 and spent £9,211 for each of its 206 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £329,000 (£1,599 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Amadeus Primary Academies Trust, income was £7,434 and spending £7,521 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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St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School is part of Amadeus Primary Academies Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School Sidcup
• Old Bexley Church of England School Bexley
• St Paulinus Church of England Primary School Dartford
• Hillsgrove Primary School Welling
• Castilion Primary School London

What is St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School have?

St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School has 178 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School cover?

St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 32% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School?

St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School is at Buttermere Road, Orpington, Kent, BR5 3WD.