St Stephen's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

st-stephens-catholic-primary-school-bexley-london

LondonRegion

BexleyLocal Authority

Old Bexley and SidcupConstituency

DA16 3QGPostcode

10.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Stephen's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Bexley, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 419 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 15 Apr 2026 · published 7 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Exceptional
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 92%
Higher standard: 27%
Reading score: 110
Maths score: 111

Ethnicity

White

23%

Asian

31%

Black

29%

Mixed

12%

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

419

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

33%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 419
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 18 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
8 Dec 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.