Mayplace Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Barnehurst, Bexley·DA7 6EQ
Composite score
60.4
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#3,825
National rank
#853
In London
#24
In Bexley
Top 26%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
15%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
65 first choices, 70 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
177
any preference, for 70 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
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1 per place
1.0120220.9220230.9820240.8720250.932026

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

Every child who put Mayplace 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
643
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,552
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Mayplace Primary School at a glance

Located in Barnehurst, Bexley, Mayplace Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 643 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 15.0 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 in the top 26% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 15% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Mayplace Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 65 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. Mayplace 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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