Royal Park Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Sidcup, Bexley·DA14 4PX
Composite score
89.0
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National rank
#96
In London
#2
In Bexley
Top 2%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
34%
Reading average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
29 first choices, 51 places
First choices per place
0.57
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
82
any preference, for 51 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.38
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.8320230.8620240.9520250.572026

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

Every child who put Royal Park Primary Academy 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
346
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,485
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Royal Park Primary Academy is a primary school serving Sidcup, Bexley, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 346 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Royal Park Primary Academy 'Good'. 83% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 8.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 2% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 111 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 34% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Royal Park Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 51 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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