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Foster's Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary controlled
Westbrooke Road, Welling DA16 1PN · fosters.bexley.sch.uk · 020 8298 7336
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 82%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bexley 67%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 452
- 100% of 454 places
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.5%
- First language not English
- 20.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 65 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 86% 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 | 59 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 55 | 0.9 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25, 82% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 18% 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 | |||
| ▲82% | 62% | ||
| ▲18% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Foster's Primary School was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 21 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (74 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 74
- 16% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (24%) with SEND