Sherwood Park Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Sherwood Park Primary School is a primary school in Sidcup, Bexley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 June 2023. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Sherwood Park 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 | 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as was the case at 27 of the 43 other Bexley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 39 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 19.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.9 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
- Sherwood Park Avenue, Sidcup, DA15 9JQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 282 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to attend this welcoming and caring school.”
- “Staff greet pupils and parents and carers warmly each morning.”
- “Pupils are polite and considerate, and they treat others with kindness and respect.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, the curriculum does not provide pupils with enough opportunities for them to deepen and reflect on their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 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) | 64% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 34 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.
- Chatsworth Infant School 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Days Lane Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Danson Primary School 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hurst Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnt Oak Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding
- Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crook Log Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published