Chatsworth Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Sidcup, Bexley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.686 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chatsworth Infant School is a primary school in Sidcup, Bexley for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 22 January 2025. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Chatsworth Infant 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 | 0.686 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
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 22 January 2025, was Improved significantly; its previous graded outcome, on 18 September 2019, was Good.
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 0.686 miles, nearer than in 2025 and 2017; it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2024 to 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 61 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 1% of pupils, against a middle figure of 11.3% 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
- Burnt Oak Lane, Sidcup, DA15 9DD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 22 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils, families and staff are proud to be a part of this welcoming and inclusive school community.”
- “Pupils are eager to attend every day and are excited about learning new skills and knowledge alongside their friends.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are exceptionally strong.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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.
- Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Burnt Oak Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Outstanding
- Sherwood Park Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Birkbeck Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Days Lane Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Longlands Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hurst Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published