School admissions in Bexley

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 25 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

56 schools. 14 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Dulverton Primary SchoolLondon	1.48	60	0.376 miles 2026
Barnehurst Infant SchoolErith	1.42	60	0.634 miles 2026
St Stephen's Catholic Primary SchoolWelling	1.41	59	not published
Birkbeck Primary SchoolSidcup	1.34	90	0.484 miles 2026
St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolBexleyheath	1.28	60	not published
Upton Primary SchoolBexley	1.27	60	0.583 miles 2026
Hurst Primary SchoolBexley	1.26	90	0.503 miles 2026
Leigh Stationers' Primary AcademyWelling	1.23	30	0.717 miles 2026
St Fidelis Catholic Primary SchoolErith	1.17	60	not published
Foster's Primary SchoolWelling	1.10	59	0.321 miles 2026
Haberdashers' Crayford PrimaryDartford	1.10	30	0.661 miles 2026
Lessness Heath Primary SchoolBelvedere	1.03	88	1.046 miles 2026
Chatsworth Infant SchoolSidcup	1.02	60	0.686 miles 2026
Hook Lane Primary SchoolWelling	1.02	60	1.272 miles 2026
Belvedere Infant SchoolBelvedere	1.00	50	not published
Gravel Hill Primary SchoolBexleyheath	1.00	44	2.149 miles 2025
Parkway Primary SchoolErith	1.00	18	not published
St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary SchoolBelvedere	1.00	15	not published
St Michael's East Wickham Church of England Primary SchoolWelling	1.00	30	not published
Harris Garrard AcademyErith	0.98	44	not published
East Wickham Primary AcademyWelling	0.97	60	1.575 miles 2026
Peareswood Primary SchoolErith	0.97	59	0.619 miles 2025
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolDartford	0.96	26	not published
Lime Wood Primary SchoolErith	0.94	52	1.309 miles 2025
Jubilee Primary SchoolLondon	0.94	17	not published
Northwood Primary SchoolErith	0.94	16	not published
Bursted Wood Primary SchoolBexleyheath	0.94	77	1.577 miles 2025
Mayplace Primary SchoolBarnehurst	0.93	70	1.242 miles 2024
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolSidcup	0.93	42	not published
Pelham Primary SchoolBexleyheath	0.93	42	1.551 miles 2022
Days Lane Primary SchoolSidcup	0.92	90	1.172 miles 2026
Northumberland Heath Primary SchoolErith	0.92	25	not published
Castilion Primary SchoolLondon	0.92	12	not published
St Paulinus Church of England Primary SchoolDartford	0.92	24	not published
Willow Bank Primary SchoolLondon	0.92	12	not published
Bedonwell Infant and Nursery SchoolBelvedere	0.91	70	1.465 miles 2023
St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary SchoolSidcup	0.91	22	not published
Upland Primary SchoolBexleyheath	0.90	60	1.526 miles 2026
Haberdashers' Slade Green PrimaryErith	0.90	48	not published
Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary SchoolErith	0.88	59	not published
Brampton Primary AcademyBexleyheath	0.88	48	not published
St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary SchoolERITH	0.88	24	not published
Sherwood Park Primary SchoolSidcup	0.87	39	not published
Crook Log Primary SchoolBexleyheath	0.87	45	not published
Belmont AcademyErith	0.85	54	0.927 miles 2025
St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolErith	0.84	19	not published
Hope Community SchoolSidcup	0.83	12	not published
Old Bexley Church of England SchoolBexley	0.83	76	not published
Longlands Primary SchoolSidcup	0.82	45	0.512 miles 2026
Fairford Academy BarnehurstBexleyheath	0.81	27	not published
Danson Primary SchoolWelling	0.81	90	not published
Barrington Primary SchoolBexleyheath	0.79	29	1.957 miles 2024
Hillsgrove Primary SchoolWelling	0.78	18	not published
Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England SchoolSidcup	0.74	23	not published
Orchard Primary SchoolSidcup	0.63	30	0.675 miles 2025
Royal Park Primary AcademySidcup	0.57	51	not published

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

16 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar SchoolSidcup	1.62	211
Bexley Grammar SchoolWelling	1.61	208
Harris Garrard AcademyErith	1.28	150
Beths Grammar SchoolBexley	1.00	191
Leigh Academy BexleyErith	1.00	170
Harris Academy FalconwoodWelling	0.96	206
Haberdashers' Crayford AcademyDartford	0.93	180
Cleeve Park SchoolSidcup	0.91	188
Welling SchoolWelling	0.80	199
Townley Grammar SchoolBexleyheath	0.77	246
St Catherine's Catholic SchoolBexleyheath	0.76	208
Trinity Church of England School, BelvedereBelvedere	0.63	165
Hurstmere SchoolSidcup	0.58	202
Blackfen School for GirlsSidcup	0.54	223
St Columba's Catholic Boys' SchoolBexleyheath	0.53	159
Lift BexleyheathBexleyheath	0.48	215