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Dulverton Primary School

Primary · London · SE9 3RH

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 3 December 2024

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At a glance

444 pupils · 100% of 446 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
5.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
20.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.dulverton.education
URN
101434

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 89 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.48 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.376 miles; distance decided places in 5 of the 5 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. At its inspection on 3 December 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.48 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 89 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.376 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.376 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
22%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers78%
Bexley average67.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolDurham · 241 miles awayExpected standard85%
Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary AcademyYork · 181 miles awayGood61%
Preston Hedges Primary SchoolNorthampton · 67 miles awayOutstanding81%
St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School OxfordOxford · 62 miles awayGood75%
Leasowes Primary SchoolStafford · 131 miles awayOutstanding86%
Holy Trinity, Guildford, CofE Aided Junior SchoolGuildford · 31 miles awayGood73%
Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, SevenoaksSevenoaks · 12 miles awayStrong standard84%
Westbury Park SchoolBristol · 116 miles awayOutstanding91%
Knightwood Primary SchoolEastleigh · 71 miles awayGood65%
St Monica's RC Primary SchoolLondon · 16 miles awayNo current grade73%
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolSurbiton · 16 miles awayGood71%
Chetwynd Spencer AcademyNottingham · 116 miles awayOutstanding85%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 72% (Bexley 46%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Bexley 8%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Bexley 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Bexley 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Bexley 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Bexley 7%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Bexley 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bexley 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Bexley 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Bexley 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Bexley 5%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Bexley 13%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.23 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bexley: 1.83 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 22% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,635; 12.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,830
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £234,915; in-year balance -£9,882

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher32.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier94.6%62.3%
Social housing1.8%17.1%
Privately rented3.3%20.5%
Detached houses8.1%22.9%
Flats1.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms49.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000425 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£520,000513 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£420,000–£625,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (19)£685,000
Semi-detached (236)£606,500
Terraced (178)£484,500
Flat (80)£296,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.60 km, 2026 entry): 203 sales, median £550,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
14an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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