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Hook Lane Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Faraday Road, Welling DA16 2ET · hooklaneprimary.co.uk · 020 8303 3839
On the mapSearch near DA16 2ET
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bexley 67%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 447
- 27 over 420 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.7%
- First language not English
- 30.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 61 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 95% 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▲ | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 47 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 55 | 0.9 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101409)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Hook Lane Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 24 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101409), 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 Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101409)
Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101409)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 53
- 12% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (21%) with SEND