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Joydens Wood Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Park Way, Bexley DA5 2JD · joydens.nestschools.org · 01322 523188
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 190
- 70% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 8.9%
- First language not English
- 11.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 57 places were offered; 100% 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 | 57 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 67 | 64 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 61 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 74 | 65 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 65 | 60 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 5 October 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Joydens Wood Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 4 Oct 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (52 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 52
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied