Chatsworth Infant School

Academy converter·Infant school Sidcup, Bexley·DA15 9DD

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Chatsworth Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

88%

61 first choices, 60 places

First choices per place

1.02

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

214

any preference, for 60 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12

00.511.52

1 per place

1.4520221.5320231.1820241.1320251.022026

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

Bexley does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Chatsworth Infant School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 205
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

1.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.9%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

3.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

3.9%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

6.6%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

19.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,522

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Burnt Oak Junior School Sidcup · 0.3 mi 73.9 Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School Sidcup · 0.3 mi 43.1 Sherwood Park Primary School Sidcup · 0.5 mi 64.9 Birkbeck Primary School Sidcup · 0.6 mi 66.9 Days Lane Primary School Sidcup · 0.6 mi 65.3 Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School Sidcup · 0.8 mi 57.8 Hurst Primary School Bexley · 0.8 mi 67.8 Longlands Primary School Sidcup · 0.9 mi 58.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Chatsworth Infant School at a glance

Located in Sidcup, Bexley, Chatsworth Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 205 pupils aged 3 to 7. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection.

Chatsworth Infant School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 61 first choices for 60 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 19.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 1% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. 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.