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Chatsworth Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Burnt Oak Lane, Sidcup DA15 9DD · chatsworth.bexley.sch.uk · 020 8300 9295
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2019
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 210
- 30 over 180 places · 117%
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 1%
- First language not English
- 4.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Pioneer Academy
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 61 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 89% 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 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 89% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 68 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 71 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 92 | 1.5▲ | 64% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 87 | 1.5▲ | 69% |
Ofsted
Chatsworth Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 September 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (102 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 102
- 50% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on 2 parents (2%) whose child was bullied
based on 14 parents (14%) with SEND