Days Lane Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sidcup, Bexley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.172 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Days Lane Primary School is a primary school in Sidcup, Bexley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2023. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Days Lane 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 | 1.172 mi |
| 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
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.172 miles away, the 5th longest of 16 Bexley primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2017, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026: 83 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 80 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Days Lane, Sidcup, DA15 8JU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 653 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are excited about their learning and want to achieve well.”
- “The curriculum enables pupils to develop their knowledge and skills effectively.”
- “Leaders provide an inclusive curriculum and have high expectations of all pupils.”
To improve
- “However, recent changes to curriculum thinking have not yet been fully embedded in all subjects.”
- “Some staff felt that these changes have led to increased workload.”
- “However, the board of trustees does not have a strong understanding of the school’s quality of education and the impact of recent curriculum changes on staff well-being.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 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) | 70% | 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: 83 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 80 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.
- Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sherwood Park Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chatsworth Infant School 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Burnt Oak Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding
- Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Danson Primary School 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Bishop Ridley Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hook Lane Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published