# Bursted Wood Primary School

Bursted Wood Primary School is a primary school in Bexley, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 621 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E140443. [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 621
- Council: Bexley
- URN: 140443

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 16 June 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 73% of pupils at Bursted Wood Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 67% in Bexley and 62% in England.
20% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Bexley | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 67% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 20% | 13% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 106 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Barnehurst Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barnehurst-junior-school-e140321): 620 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Barnehurst Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barnehurst-infant-school-e140320): 670 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023
- [Northumberland Heath Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/northumberland-heath-primary-school-e137380): 720 m. Primary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Belmont Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/belmont-academy-e146870): 760 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Thomas More Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-thomas-more-catholic-primary-school-e149373): 960 m. Primary. School remains Outstanding, October 2023. 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Pelham Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pelham-primary-school-e139494): 980 m. Primary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140443)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140443)

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