# Hope Community School

Hope Community School is a primary school in Bexley, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 112 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E139561. [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Free schools
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 112
- Council: Bexley
- URN: 139561

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), May 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 17 May 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 43% of pupils at Hope Community School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 67% in Bexley and 62% in England.
0% 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 | 43% | 67% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 13% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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.

- [St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-peter-chanel-catholic-primary-school-e149048): 200 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2023. 23% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Orchard Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/orchard-primary-school-e134185): 600 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Merton Court School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/merton-court-school-e101482): 650 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Cleeve Park School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cleeve-park-school-e138686): 1 km. Secondary. Good (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 39.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Cleeve Meadow School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cleeve-meadow-school-e147071): 1 km. Special. Good (overall), February 2024
- [Kemnal Technology College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kemnal-technology-college-e136281): 1.1 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 30.6 (2025/26, provisional)

## 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/139561)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/139561)

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