Upton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Bexley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.583 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Upton Primary School is a primary school in Bexley for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 22 February 2024. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Upton 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 | 0.583 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
- In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bexley.
- For Reception 2026 there were 76 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 18 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.583 miles from the school, the 6th shortest of the 16 Bexley primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2018, and was the longest of the 9 years with a published distance.
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
- Iris Avenue, Bexley, DA5 1HH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 454 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 22 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils’ comments sum up how much they delight in coming to school.”
- “They said that they ‘love’ the way they are not just told things but have to ‘work it out for themselves’.”
- “They said, too, that they really enjoy the many trips and visits.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 March 2024 (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) | 83% | 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: 76 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- Hurst Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Old Bexley Church of England School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Crook Log Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Upland Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Gravel Hill Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pelham Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sherwood Park Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Foster's Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published