How far do you need to live from a school in Bexley to get a place?

It depends on the school. Across the 5 Bexley schools with a published figure, the last child admitted lived a median of 3.91 miles away; the tightest was Haberdashers' Crayford Academy at 1.64 miles. The distance moves every year with demand.

Do Bexley schools have catchment areas?

Most English schools do not. When a school is oversubscribed, places are offered outward from the school until they run out, so what exists is how far the last admitted child lived, which the council publishes after each round. That is the figure on this page.

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How far Bexley schools admitted from

For every oversubscribed school, Bexley publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 5 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.

5schools with a published figure

3.91 mithe middle school's distance

0filled within a mile

The tightest is Haberdashers' Crayford Academy at 1.64 miles in varies; the most far-reaching, Townley Grammar School, admitted from 6.27 miles.

Secondary schools

School	Ofsted	Admitted from	Round	How full
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy Dartford	Good	1.64 mi	varies	94%
Bexley Grammar School Welling	Outstanding	1.92 mi	varies	111%
Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Sidcup	No current grade	3.91 mi	varies	116%
Beths Grammar School Bexley	Good	6.07 mi	varies	98%
Townley Grammar School Bexleyheath	Outstanding	6.27 mi	varies	108%

Reading the numbers

These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Bexley measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →

Checking an address against these

Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.

Admission distances published by Bexley. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.