Lessness Heath Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Belvedere, Bexley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.046 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lessness Heath Primary School is a primary school in Belvedere, Bexley for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Lessness Heath 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 | 1.046 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
- In 2026 the last Reception place offered went to a child living 1.046 miles away, the 6th longest of 16 Bexley primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer than in 2025 and in 2021; every applicant was offered a place in 4 of the 10 years with a published outcome.
- In 2026 there were 91 first-choice applications for 88 Reception offers; 85 went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 12% 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
- Erith Road, Belvedere, DA17 6HB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 638 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe and happy at this welcoming and friendly school.”
- “They enjoy playing in the school’s large grounds and even sometimes taking Lola, the school dog, for a walk.”
- “Pupils said that adults listen to them and help them if they have any worries.”
To improve
- “In a few instances, the school has not made sure that the phonics programme is delivered with precision.”
- “While gaps in pupils’ phonics knowledge are identified and planned for, these gaps are not being addressed as rapidly as they could be for a small number of pupils.”
- “There are also occasions where pupils who have fallen behind with reading are practising with books that are too difficult for them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 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) | 63% | 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: 91 first-preference applications, 88 offers in total, 85 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 Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Belvedere Junior School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- Lime Wood Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Belvedere Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bedonwell Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- St Fidelis Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Belmont Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published