Schools in Bexley
90 schools in the Bexley local authority.
Schools
90
Open schools
Pupils
43,011
2025–26 census
Good or better
92%
72 of 78 graded
Academic Performance
5.6
out of 10 · 86 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 10 13%
- Good
- 62 79%
- Requires improvement
- 5 6%
- Inadequate
- 1 1%
7 inspected since 2024, no overall grade8 superseded by a report card5 not judged1 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
5.6
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 86 of 90 schools that can be scored
Pupils
43,011
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Ethnicity
White
53%Asian
13%Black
18%Mixed
11%Chinese
2%Any other group
2%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 84 of 90 schools (42,240 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 20.4%
- First language not English
- 23.1%
- Young carers
- <1%
8,628 of 42,240 pupils · 84 of 90 schools
9,770 of 42,240 pupils · 84 of 90 schools
246 of 42,240 pupils · 84 of 90 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 62
- Secondary
- 16
- Special
- 7
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 4
Top primary schools in Bexley
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St Stephen's Catholic Primary SchoolBexley · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolBexley · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 3.Leigh Stationers' Primary AcademyBexley · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 4.Barnehurst Junior SchoolBexley · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 5.St Fidelis Catholic Primary SchoolBexley · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 6.Upton Primary SchoolBexley · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 7.Barnehurst Infant SchoolBexley · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 8.Burnt Oak Junior SchoolBexley · Primary9.1/10Outstanding
- 9.St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolBexley · Primary9.0/10
- 10.Haberdashers' Slade Green PrimaryBexley · Primary8.8/10Good
- 11.Birkbeck Primary SchoolBexley · Primary8.7/10Good
- 12.Bursted Wood Primary SchoolBexley · Primary8.7/10Good
- 13.Hurst Primary SchoolBexley · Primary8.5/10Good
- 14.Bishop Ridley Church of England VA Primary SchoolBexley · Primary8.4/10Good
- 15.Gravel Hill Primary SchoolBexley · Primary8.4/10Good
- 16.Peareswood Primary SchoolBexley · Primary8.4/10Good
- 17.Danson Primary SchoolBexley · Primary8.3/10Good
- 18.Royal Park Primary AcademyBexley · Primary8.3/10Good
- 19.St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolBexley · Primary8.2/10Good
- 20.Upland Primary SchoolBexley · Primary8.1/10Good
Top secondary schools in Bexley
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Bexley Grammar SchoolBexley · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Townley Grammar SchoolBexley · Secondary10.0/10Outstanding
- 3.Beths Grammar SchoolBexley · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 4.Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar SchoolBexley · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 5.St Catherine's Catholic SchoolBexley · Secondary8.3/10Good
- 6.St Columba's Catholic Boys' SchoolBexley · Secondary7.6/10Good
- 7.Harris Academy FalconwoodBexley · Secondary6.7/10Good
- 8.Harris Garrard AcademyBexley · Secondary6.7/10Good
- 9.Haberdashers' Crayford AcademyBexley · Secondary3.8/10Good
- 10.Blackfen School for GirlsBexley · Secondary3.7/10
- 11.Bexleyheath AcademyBexley · Secondary2.2/10Good
- 12.Cleeve Park SchoolBexley · Secondary2.2/10Good
- 13.Trinity Church of England School, BelvedereBexley · Secondary1.4/10Good
- 14.Hurstmere SchoolBexley · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
- 15.Leigh Academy BexleyBexley · Secondary0.1/10Inadequate
- 16.Welling SchoolBexley · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Bexley
- How many schools are there in Bexley?
- Bexley has 90 open schools — 62 primary, 16 secondary, 7 special, teaching 43,011 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Bexley are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 72 of the 78 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 92% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 10 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 90: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Bexley?
- 5.6 out of 10, averaged across the 86 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Bexley schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 12 schools in Bexley currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Bexley local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Bexley covers 90 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Bexley are eligible for free school meals?
- 20.4% — 8,628 of 42,240 pupils at the 84 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the London region.