Castilion Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school London, Bexley·SE28 8QA
Composite score
34.4
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#12,465
National rank
#1602
In London
#53
In Bexley
Top 84%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 12 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
20
any preference, for 12 places
Applications from another council area
20%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.9520231.0020240.9620250.922026

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

Every child who put Castilion 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
220
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
36.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,786
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Castilion Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Bexley, Castilion Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 220 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in January 2026. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Castilion Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 11 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Castilion Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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