Northumberland Heath Primary School
Primary schoolNorthumberland Heath Primary School is a primary school in Bexley, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 442 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 1 July 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 66% of pupils at Northumberland Heath Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 67% in Bexley and 62% in England.
11% 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 | 66% | 67% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 13% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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
In a straight line- Barnehurst Junior SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- St Fidelis Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), June 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- Barnehurst Infant SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023630 m
- Leigh Academy BexleySecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 40.9 (2025/26, provisional)660 m
- Bursted Wood Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Belmont AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)740 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bexley
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).