Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School

About Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School

Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School holds an Outstanding rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across its two most recent graded inspections. In its 2025 inspection, the school received Outstanding for both the quality of education and early years provision, while personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management were all rated Good. The most telling academic metric is the Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard: 70% of pupils achieved this, which sits above the Bexley local authority average of 67%. That places the school 23rd out of 55 primary schools in the borough, putting it in the top half locally. The school’s average scores in reading and maths both sit at 106, and 11% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects. With 544 pupils on roll against a capacity of 630, the school is large but not at full capacity, and 19.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals.

The Ofsted report highlights that the school has high expectations, and the data backs this up. In reading, 29% of pupils achieved the higher standard, and in maths that figure was 37%, with 21% reaching it in writing. The school’s progress scores are not available in the data, but the attainment picture is solid. Parent View responses from 69 families between September 2024 and September 2025 show that 86% strongly agreed or agreed that their child is happy, and 84% felt their child is safe. However, opinions are more divided on behaviour: 76% agreed the school ensures good behaviour, but 22% disagreed. On SEND support, 58% agreed children get the help they need, while 42% disagreed. 70% of parents would recommend the school to another parent.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a library, ICT suite, music rooms, a gymnasium and a chapel. Sports provision covers football, tennis, netball, cricket, swimming and athletics, and clubs include drama, choir, science club, coding and film club. The school’s SEND provisions are wide-ranging, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder, social and emotional mental health needs, and physical disabilities. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: 129 applications for 51 places, with 36 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.53. This is a Church of England primary that will suit families looking for a large, well-established school with strong academic outcomes above the local average, and a clear focus on both academic and wider personal development, though parents should note the mixed feedback on behaviour and SEND support.

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