Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
State-funded · Primary · Bexley
Leigh Stationers' Primary Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11 · Mixed · 235 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Academy converter (state-funded)
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 235 census January 2026
- Capacity
- 236
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Principal Rebecca England
- Trust
- LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
- Address
- Eastcote Road, Welling, DA16 2ST
- Borough
- Bexley
- Telephone
- 02088561346
- DfE reference (URN)
- 142586
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Key dates for 2027 entry
Reception (4+)
- Application deadlineFriday 15 January 2027Open
National closing date for Reception applications: Friday 15 January 2027. Apply through your home borough's coordinated scheme, not directly to the school.
Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026
- National offer dayFriday 16 April 2027Upcoming
Primary National Offer Day: Friday 16 April 2027. Offers are released by your home borough.
Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026
- Accept your offerSaturday 1 May 2027Open
Deadline to accept your primary offer: Saturday 1 May 2027 (your home borough's date).
Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026
Get a reminder before Leigh Stationers' Primary Academy's deadlines
One email 14, 7 and 1 day before each dated deadline we hold. No account needed.
A status ("Closes in 12 days") is shown only for a closing date we have checked, worked out from today's date, 10 October 2026. Other dates are printed as the school published them, with its own wording beside them. Dates given only as "early January" are shown as approximate and never counted down. Always confirm with the school or council.
Admissions
You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day.
37 first-preference applications and 127 applications naming it at any preference for 30 places offered (September 2026 entry, DfE)
| Entry | Places offered | First preferences | All preferences |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 30 | 37 | 127 |
| September 2025 | 30 | 40 | 116 |
| September 2024 | 30 | 37 | 118 |
| September 2023 | 30 | 35 | 113 |
These are counts of applications and offers on national offer day. They are not a chance of getting in: places are allocated by the school's published admissions criteria, such as siblings, distance or faith.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary school applications and offers · entry years up to 2026/27 · last checked 9 October 2026
Bexley: Reception offers, September 2026 entry
Across the borough, 91.4% of applicants were offered their first preference and 98.4% were offered one of their preferences (2,637 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026
Inspection
Ofsted ungraded inspection, 16 October 2024: Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection confirms or questions the previous grade; it does not set a new one.
Last overall grade: Outstanding, given on 19 March 2019
Historic. This is the last time Ofsted gave the school a single overall grade. Overall grades were abolished for state schools in September 2024.
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
Key stage 2 (end of primary), 2024/25
- % meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths2022/23: 83% · 2023/24: 88%87%This school67%Bexley62%England, state-funded
- % achieving the higher standard in reading, writing and maths2022/23: 37% · 2023/24: 25%17%This school13%Bexley8%England, state-funded
- Average scaled score in reading2022/23: 112 · 2023/24: 111109This school107Bexley106England, state-funded
- Average scaled score in maths2022/23: 111 · 2023/24: 108108This school106Bexley105England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 30 pupils in the cohort
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 2.1% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 26.6%
- Receiving SEN support
- 3.5%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 2.2%
- Girls / boys
- 42% / 58%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Overall absence
- 2.9% 2024/25
- Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)
- 2.2%
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.3 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026
Places
- Places
- 238
- Pupils on roll
- 209
Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Hook Lane Primary School
0.8 miles447 pupils · KS2 expected standard 73% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
East Wickham Primary Academy
0.9 miles585 pupils · KS2 expected standard 71% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School
0.9 miles419 pupils · KS2 expected standard 93% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Deansfield Primary School
0.9 miles461 pupils · KS2 expected standard 91% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.
- Leigh Stationers' Primary Academy and Bishop Ridley Church of England Primary School0.4 miles apart
- Leigh Stationers' Primary Academy and Hook Lane Primary School0.8 miles apart
- Leigh Stationers' Primary Academy and East Wickham Primary Academy0.9 miles apart
- Leigh Stationers' Primary Academy and St Stephen's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles apart