Sherwood Park Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Sidcup, Bexley·DA15 9JQ
Composite score
64.9
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#2,687
National rank
#658
In London
#19
In Bexley
Top 18%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
34 first choices, 39 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
108
any preference, for 39 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.7220230.9320241.0220250.872026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Sherwood Park Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
300
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
26.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,363
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Sherwood Park Primary School at a glance

Located in Sidcup, Bexley, Sherwood Park Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 300 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 18% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Sherwood Park Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 34 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 22.2 pupils per teacher. Sherwood Park Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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