Hook Lane Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Welling, Bexley·DA16 2ET
Composite score
55.6
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#5,288
National rank
#1048
In London
#35
In Bexley
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
61 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.02
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
182
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.8020230.9720240.9220251.022026

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 Hook Lane Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
452
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
32.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,950
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Hook Lane Primary School at a glance

Located in Welling, Bexley, Hook Lane Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 452 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 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 36% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 95% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (61 first choices for 60 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. Hook Lane 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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