Joydens Wood Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Bexley, Kent
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.493 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Joydens Wood Infant School is a primary school in Bexley, Kent for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 October 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Joydens Wood Infant 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 | 5.493 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
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 5.493 miles away, the 81st longest of the 434 Kent primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2 of the 3 years with a published outcome.
- In 2026 there were 52 first-choice applications for 57 Reception offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, 15 of the 124 applications (12%) came from families living outside Kent, and 8 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Park Way, Bexley, DA5 2JD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 190 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and learning here.”
- “Teachers and pupils have warm relationships.”
- “This helps everyone to feel happy, secure and well cared for.”
To improve
- “However, the school is continuing to work with staff to ensure that they all have the required subject and teaching knowledge to implement the curriculum consistently well in all areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 52 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 52 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 Kent.
- Joydens Wood Junior School 0.1 mi Not judged
- Maypole Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hextable Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wilmington Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wentworth Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakfield Primary Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Pauls' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Hill Primary Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published