Hillsgrove Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Welling, 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 🔒
Hillsgrove Primary School is a primary school in Welling, Bexley for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Hillsgrove 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.
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 18 offers (0.8 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 55 Bexley primary schools), and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, 5 of the 49 applications (10%) came from families living outside Bexley, and 1 offer went to them.
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
- Sidmouth Road, Welling, DA16 1DR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 280 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 September 2023
Strengths
- “They said they are happy here and like all the learning opportunities given.”
- “Leaders have high ambitions for all pupils.”
- “Pupils particularly appreciate activities provided for them outside of lessons, such as using playground equipment at breaktime and football and dance clubs.”
To improve
- “Curriculum thinking in a few subjects is not as securely embedded because it has been developed very recently.”
- “Occasionally, teaching does not check routinely the learning of pupils with SEND and, as a result, misconceptions and gaps in their understanding are not picked up and addressed quickly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 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) | 68% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 14 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 Michael's East Wickham Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Brampton Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- East Wickham Primary Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barrington Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bedonwell Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bedonwell Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Foster's Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published