Schools in Bexley[1]

Local authority district E09000004 · 90 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 148 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 10 (7%)[4]
second 20%: 29 (20%)[4]
middle 20%: 24 (16%)[4]
fourth 20%: 31 (21%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 54 (36%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	9%[4]	21%[4]	18%[4]	26%[4]	26%[4]
Employment	8%[4]	20%[4]	20%[4]	22%[4]	30%[4]
Education and skills	3%[4]	23%[4]	29%[4]	38%[4]	7%[4]
Health and disability	4%[4]	18%[4]	19%[4]	31%[4]	28%[4]
Crime	10%[4]	17%[4]	24%[4]	20%[4]	30%[4]
Housing and services	5%[4]	15%[4]	14%[4]	18%[4]	49%[4]
Living environment	7%[4]	28%[4]	46%[4]	16%[4]	3%[4]
Children in low-income families	5%[4]	24%[4]	16%[4]	28%[4]	27%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 68.7% of 95,281 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 31.6% of 195,833 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 13.0% of 195,802 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Grammar schools (4)

School	Ages	Headline results
Beths Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 73 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Bexley Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 73 2025/26[8]
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 75 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Townley Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 75 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]

Secondary schools (12)

School	Ages	Headline results
Blackfen School for Girls	11–18[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Cleeve Park School	11–18[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy	11–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Harris Academy Falconwood	11–18[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Harris Garrard Academy	4–18[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9] KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Hurstmere School	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Leigh Academy Bexley	11–19[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Lift Bexleyheath	11–18[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
St Catherine's Catholic School	11–16[2]	A8 56 2025/26[8]
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School	11–16[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8]
Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere	11–18[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Welling School	11–18[2]	A8 36 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (60)

School	Ages	Headline results
Barnehurst Infant School	3–7[2]
Barnehurst Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Barrington Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School	3–7[2]
Bedonwell Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Belmont Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Belvedere Infant School	3–7[2]
Belvedere Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Birkbeck Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
Bishop Ridley Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]
Brampton Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Burnt Oak Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Bursted Wood Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Castilion Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Chatsworth Infant School	3–7[2]
Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Crook Log Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Danson Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Days Lane Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Dulverton Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
East Wickham Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Fairford Academy Barnehurst	2–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Foster's Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Gravel Hill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Haberdashers' Crayford Primary	3–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Haberdashers' Slade Green Primary	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Hillsgrove Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School	3–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Hook Lane Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Hope Community School	4–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Hurst Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Jubilee Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Leigh Stationers' Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[10]
Lessness Heath Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Lime Wood Primary School	4–11[2]
Longlands Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Mayplace Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Northumberland Heath Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Northwood Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Old Bexley Church of England School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Orchard Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Parkway Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 24% 2024/25[10]
Peareswood Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
Pelham Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Royal Park Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Sherwood Park Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
St Fidelis Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 90% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 84% 2024/25[10]
St Michael's East Wickham Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
St Paulinus Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 23% 2024/25[10]
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 93% 2024/25[10]
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 84% 2024/25[10]
St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Upland Primary School	0–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Upton Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Willow Bank Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (4)

School	Ages	Headline results
Benedict House Preparatory School	2–11[2]
Break Through School	11–17[2]
Merton Court School	3–11[2]
West Lodge School	3–11[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (10)

School	Ages	Headline results
ADO River Valley School	14–19[2]
Aspire Academy	5–11[2]
Cleeve Meadow School	11–19[2]
Cornerstone School	11–19[2]
Endeavour Academy Bexley	11–16[2]
Horizons Academy Bexley	5–16[2]
Marlborough School	11–19[2]
Park View Academy	6–19[2]
Shenstone School	2–19[2]
Woodside Academy	4–18[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS062 NS-SeC. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2022-12-08. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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