East Wickham Primary Academy

About East Wickham Primary Academy

If you’re looking for a school where most parents would send their child again, East Wickham Primary Academy scores well on that front. In the most recent Parent View survey, covering responses from September 2024 to September 2025, 87% of the 30 parents who responded said they would recommend the school. That’s a strong signal, though it’s worth noting the sample size is small. The school is also clearly popular locally: for the 2025/26 intake, it was oversubscribed, with 139 applications for 65 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.14. Of those, 64 first-preference families received offers. Parents responding to the survey were particularly positive about clubs and activities, with 67% strongly agreeing their child can take part, and about happiness and safety, with 57% strongly agreeing on both counts. However, views on SEND support were more divided: only 30% strongly agreed that children with special educational needs get the support they need, while 20% strongly disagreed.

Academically, East Wickham sits in the middle of the pack in Bexley. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is just above the local authority average of 67%. That places the school 25th out of 55 primary schools in Bexley, putting it in the top half locally. Looking at individual subjects, 85% met the expected standard in writing, 81% in maths and 77% in reading. At the higher standard, 30% achieved that level in maths, 27% in reading and 12% in writing, with 10% hitting the higher bar across all three. Average scaled scores were 107 in maths and 105 in reading. The school’s most recent graded Ofsted inspection, in 2016, rated it Good overall, with Good for leadership and management and Good for early years provision. An ungraded inspection in 2025 confirmed that standards were maintained.

The school is a large primary, with 614 pupils on roll against a capacity of 686, and it has a nursery provision for children from age three. Just over a third of pupils (34.4%) are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average. Facilities include a library, gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields and an ICT suite, and the school offers clubs such as science club, drama and choir, plus sports including tennis, athletics, netball, cricket and dance. For children with SEND, the school lists provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs, social, emotional and mental health needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. The school has no religious character. Given its oversubscription and solid but not standout results, East Wickham seems to suit families who want a well-regarded local primary with good facilities and a broad range of activities, but who are comfortable with a school that performs around the Bexley average rather than at the top of the league table.

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