Danson Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Welling, Bexley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.354 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Danson Primary School is a primary school in Welling, Bexley for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 1 May 2025. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Danson Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 3.354 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 3.354 miles from the school, the longest of 16 Bexley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2017, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 73 first-choice applications for 90 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 17 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bexley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Danson Lane, Welling, DA16 2BH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 592 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 1 May 2025
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming, respectful school.”
- “Pupils work extremely hard and are rightly proud of their learning.”
- “They have high attendance because they do not want to miss any important learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 81% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 73 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 73 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bexley.
- Hook Lane Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sherwood Park Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Foster's Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Days Lane Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Ridley Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- East Wickham Primary Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Crook Log Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published