Hook Lane Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Welling, Bexley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.272 miles
Published by London Borough of Bexley · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hook Lane 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 25 May 2023. Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Hook 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 | 1.272 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 1.272 miles away, the 4th longest of 16 Bexley primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2017, and was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 61 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Faraday Road, Welling, DA16 2ET
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 447 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at this school.”
- “They work hard and achieve well.”
- “Pupils are very respectful of others.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers are not clear about the exact content that they need pupils to learn.”
- “This means that some teaching activities do not help pupils to learn some of the important knowledge in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 July 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) | 73% | 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: 61 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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 Stephen's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Danson Primary School 0.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- East Wickham Primary Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishop Ridley Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Foster's Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Leigh Stationers' Primary Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barrington Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Michael's East Wickham Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published