Hope Community School
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · Sidcup, Bexley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Bexley · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hope Community School is a primary school in Sidcup, Bexley for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2023. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Hope Community 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bexley.
- For Reception 2026 there were 10 first-choice applications for 12 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out in 1 of the 9 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Free school meal eligibility is 47.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.6% across the 8 nearest primary 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
- 167 Rectory Lane, Sidcup, DA14 5BU
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Christian
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 112 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud members of the school community.”
- “They like that everyone knows each other so well.”
- “Pupils are encouraged to have a great respect for each other’s differences.”
To improve
- “However, this has not had time to show an impact on raising pupils’ outcomes at the end of Year 6 in 2022.”
- “Leaders do not share with all staff procedures for identifying pupils with SEND precisely.”
- “This leads to variability in some staff’s understanding of how to identify quickly and support pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 2023 (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) | 43% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 10 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.
- St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Orchard Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Royal Park Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Birkbeck Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Longlands Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnt Oak Junior School 1.5 mi School remains Outstanding
- Hurst Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published