St Fidelis Catholic Primary School

About St Fidelis Catholic Primary School

St Fidelis Catholic Primary School is a state-funded Roman Catholic primary in Bexley, London, and it is significantly oversubscribed. For the 2025/26 academic year, the school received 171 applications for just 60 places, with 79 of those coming from first-preference families, resulting in an oversubscription ratio of 2.85. This high demand is understandable given the school’s current roll of 457 pupils, which already exceeds its official capacity of 428. The pupil body is notably diverse in terms of economic background: 24.7% of students are eligible for free school meals, a figure well above the national primary average of around 23% and likely higher than the Bexley average, suggesting the school serves a genuinely mixed catchment. The school also offers nursery provision for three-year-olds, feeding into the main school. With a Roman Catholic religious character, priority in admissions will naturally go to baptised Catholic children, but the sheer volume of applications indicates that families from beyond the immediate parish are also keen to secure a place.

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