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St Stephen's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Voluntary aided
Ruskin Avenue, Welling DA16 3QG · st-stephens.bexley.sch.uk · 020 8303 9738
On the mapSearch near DA16 3QG
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 93%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bexley 67%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 419
- 100% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Free school meals
- 3.1%
- First language not English
- 33.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 83 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 69% 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 | 83 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 58 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 58 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 93% |
Results
In 2024/25, 93% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 45% 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 | |||
| ▲93% | 62% | ||
| ▲45% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲112 | 106 | ||
| ▲113 | 105 | ||
| ▲114 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Stephen's Catholic Primary School on 15 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 15 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Exceptional |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Remains Outstanding, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Outstanding
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jan 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 30
- 7% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied