Welling School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Welling, Bexley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.817 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Welling School is a secondary school in Welling, Bexley for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Welling 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 5.817 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
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 5.817 miles away, 3rd longest of 9 Bexley secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 3.09 miles).
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 4 of the 5 years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 2026: 160 first-choice applications for 199 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 39 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 27% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bexley.
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
- Elsa Road, Welling, DA16 1LB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,084 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are typically positive about their school.”
- “Older pupils in particular talk about how the school has improved over time and that they feel well supported by staff.”
- “They have staff to talk to if they are worried about anything.”
To improve
- “Inconsistent teaching in Years 7 to 11 means that pupils do not get the same quality of learning from one class or subject to another.”
- “As a result, pupils’ achievement varies.”
- “Although pupils usually behave sensibly, some pupils do not engage fully with their learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 27% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 34.7 | 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: 160 first-preference applications, 199 offers in total, 160 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.
- Bexley Grammar School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Harris Academy Falconwood 1.3 mi Improved significantly
- Blackfen School for Girls 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lift Bexleyheath 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Townley Grammar School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hurstmere School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Catherine's Catholic School 2.1 mi Good
- St Columba's Catholic Boys' School 2.1 mi Standards maintained