Haberdashers' Crayford Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Dartford, Bexley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.363 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy is a secondary school in Dartford, Bexley for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 November 2022. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.363 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, the last child offered a place lived 1.363 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 9 Bexley secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, there were 168 first-choice applications for 180 offers; 143 offers went to first-choice families and 25 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above: 40% (England 45%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bexley.
- In 2024/25 the A level average grade was C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
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
- Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, Dartford, DA1 4RS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,078 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Haberdashers’ Crayford Academy are part of a strong and inclusive community.”
- “They respect each other and show kindness and consideration to all.”
- “This is a school where pupils learn how to become active citizens.”
To improve
- “However, in Years 7 to 11, some teachers do not secure pupils’ knowledge and understanding before moving on to the next stage of learning.”
- “Also, some teachers select activities that do not help pupils to embed their knowledge and understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 168 first-preference applications, 180 offers in total, 143 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bexley.
- St Catherine's Catholic School 1.1 mi Good
- St Columba's Catholic Boys' School 1.2 mi Standards maintained
- Leigh Academy Bexley 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beths Grammar School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lift Bexleyheath 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Townley Grammar School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Blackfen School for Girls 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published