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Fairford Academy Barnehurst
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Fairford Avenue, Barnehurst, Bexleyheath DA7 6QP · fairfordacademy.org · 01322 333998
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 56%
- 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
- 452
- 72% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 39.8%
- First language not English
- 31%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 22 families put the school first and 27 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 | 27 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 43 | 36 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 35 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 42 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 62 | 50 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% 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 | |||
| ▼56% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 1 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Fairford Academy Barnehurst was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 28 Feb 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101450), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jul 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101450)
What parents said
58% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (98 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 58%
- Replies
- 98
- 17% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied
based on 25 parents (26%) with SEND