Primary school

St Michael's East Wickham Church of England Primary School

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Church of England
  • Bexley
  • DA16 1LS

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 8,703 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 58%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 51%51%2016/17: top 45%2017/18: top 88%2018/19: top 13%13% · 2018/192022/23: top 49%2023/24: top 81%2024/25: top 58%No exams

Against London

Expected standard, RWM61% · London 72%Small cohort: 28 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM18% · London 12%Small cohort: 28 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score106 · London 107Small cohort: 28 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score104 · London 107Small cohort: 28 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 55% · 31 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 66% · 29 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 47% · 30 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 83% · 29 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 62% · 29 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 48% · 29 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 61% · 28 pupils · London 72%83%47%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 31 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 3% · 29 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 10% · 30 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 7% · 29 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 10% · 29 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 10% · 29 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 18% · 28 pupils · London 12%18%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 101 · 31 pupils · London 1032016/17: 103 · 29 pupils · London 1052017/18: 102 · 30 pupils · London 1062018/19: 107 · 29 pupils · London 1062022/23: 107 · 29 pupils · London 1062023/24: 103 · 29 pupils · London 1072024/25: 106 · 28 pupils · London 107107101No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 102 · 31 pupils · London 1042016/17: 104 · 29 pupils · London 1062017/18: 101 · 30 pupils · London 1062018/19: 106 · 29 pupils · London 1072022/23: 104 · 29 pupils · London 1062023/24: 102 · 29 pupils · London 1062024/25: 104 · 28 pupils · London 107106101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in93.3%
28 of 30 who put it first2014 · 54.7%2026 · 93.3%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st3028
2nd122
3rd70

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Goodas predecessor
  2. 2013Outstandingas predecessor
  3. 2019Requires improvement
  4. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · 2 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Nov 2022

Strengths

  • “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
  • “They said that teachers are caring and helpful.”
  • “Pupils are safe and happy here.”

To improve

  • “In a few subjects, leaders do not identify precisely the specific knowledge that pupils need to learn.”
  • “As a result, teaching in these subjects focuses too much on activities rather than subject-specific skills.”
  • “Leaders must identify specific cumulative knowledge with clear end points so that pupils develop secure subject knowledge over time.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026221
Free school meals (past 6 years)14.0%
First language not English33.5%
SEN support10.4%
EHC plan1.9%
Absence (sessions missed)4.8%
Persistently absent pupils10.5%

Girls 45.8%Boys 54.3%

92.1% full · 240 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.0
Pupils per adult10.8
  • Classroom teachers 7.3
  • Leadership 3.2
  • Teaching assistants 9
  • Other support 4.1

Teachers 10.5 FTE · Whole workforce 23.6 · 39 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,055
Spend per pupil£7,532
Staff spend per pupil£5,478
Reserve per pupil£224
  • +£45,000revenue reserve
  • +£105,000in-year balance

Grants £7,458 · self-generated £597 · premises £587 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: SDBE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST (14 academies) · trust reserve £1,703,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it