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Longlands Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Community school
Woodside Road, Sidcup DA15 7JG · longlands.bexley.sch.uk · 020 8300 2368
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bexley 67%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 293
- 93% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Free school meals
- 11.3%
- First language not English
- 14.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 45 places were offered; 84% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 45 | 37 | 0.8 | 84% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 41 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 45 | 1 | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 40 | 31 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 45 | 34 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Bexley it was 67%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 23 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Longlands Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 22 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Jan 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (137 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 137
- 46% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (15%) with SEND