School profile
Barnehurst Junior School
Barnehurst Close, Northumberland Heath, Erith, Kent, DA8 3NL
Overview
Barnehurst Junior School is a state-funded school (academy converter) in Erith, London, for pupils aged 7–11. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy converter
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Phase of education
- Primary
- Age range
- Ages 7–11
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- No
- School capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 240
- URN
- 140321
Admissions
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Academy trust or group
- THE PRIMARY FIRST TRUST
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School places
DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)
- Capacity at survey date
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 240
- Unfilled places at survey date
- 0
A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Primary
2024/25 results
Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard
- School
- 60%
- England
- 62%
Pupils included: 60
Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard
- School
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Pupils included: 60
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 29 November 2023 · Published 11 February 2024
Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 22 September 2022 · Published 10 November 2022
Outcome: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Barnehurst Close, Northumberland Heath, Erith, Kent, DA8 3NL
- Local authority
- Bexley
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