The beginning of September is an exciting time for parents and pupils as children head back to school after the summer break.

For many parents, their child may be stepping into secondary school for the first time.

While schools have typically been evaluated based on their Ofsted rating, this is all set to change as single headline grades for schools will be scrapped with “immediate effect” according to the government website.

This is planned to “boost school standards and increase transparency for parents”.

Single headline grades have been described by the government as “reductive” as they do not provide an assessment of the school’s performance overall across a range of areas.

This academic year, parents will instead see four grades across each of the following sub-categories: Quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management.

Bridget Phillipson, Education Secretary, said: “The need for Ofsted reform to drive high and rising standards for all our children in every school is overwhelmingly clear.

“The removal of headline grades is a generational reform and a landmark moment for children, parents, and teachers.

“Single headline grades are low information for parents and high stakes for schools.

“Parents deserve a much clearer, much broader picture of how schools are performing – that’s what our report cards will provide.

“This government will make inspection a more powerful, more transparent tool for driving school improvement.

“We promised change, and now we are delivering.”

Therefore, the ratings that schools have now will be the final single headline grades they receive before this change in evaluation is implemented.

We have compiled a list of the ratings of all of the primary schools in Bexley prior to the change as well as the date their most recent Ofsted report was published.

 

Outstanding:

Upton Primary School – March 28, 2024

St Thomas More Catholic Primary School – November 13, 2023

Barnehurst Junior School – February 12, 2024

Barnehurst Infant School – December 15, 2023]

Burnt Oak Junior School – July 11, 2024

 

Good:

Old Bexley Church of England School – July 5, 2023

Gravel Hill Primary School – February 16, 2022

Endeavour Academy Bexley – March 25, 2022

Hurst Primary School – September 30, 2022

Royal Park Primary Academy – September 27, 2023

Mayplace Primary School – November 15, 2023

Joydens Wood Infant School – November 17, 2023

Pelham Primary School – November 26, 2019

Upland Primary School – March 19, 2024

Cleeve Meadow School – April 25, 2024

Crook Log Primary School – June 10, 2024

Sherwood Park Primary School – September 15, 2023

Bursted Wood Primary School – January 17, 2022

Aspire Academy – May 4, 2023

Barrington Primary School – January 14, 2020

St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School – November 14, 2023

Chatsworth Infant School – November 12, 2019

Hope Community School – July 11, 2023

Foster’s Primary School – March 27, 2024

Fairford Academy Barnehurst – April 27, 2023

Brampton Primary Academy – July 3, 2024

Birkbeck Primary School – January 30, 2024

Marlborough School – February 5, 2020

Park View Academy – July 7, 2023

Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School – November 14, 2023

Woodside Academy – July 24, 2023

Belmont Academy – September 19, 2023

Danson Primary School – June 3, 2019

Orchard Primary School – April 29, 2022

Northumberland Heath Primary School – June 1, 2020

Peareswood Primary School – June 19, 2019

St Michael’s East Wickham Church of England Primary School – January 30, 2023

A previous version of this story stated that Merton Court School was rated as good by Ofsted following its most recent Ofsted report which was published on April 26, 2010.

However, the school is an independent school and has been evaluated as excellent in all areas by the ISI.