Mayplace Primary School
Woodside Road, Barnehurst, DA7 6EQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE PRIMARY FIRST TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mr David Moss
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Primary First Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 656
- Pupils on roll
- 623
- URN
- 141114
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01322523256
About this school
Mayplace Primary School is a primary academy in Barnehurst. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 623 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 59 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 51% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 3% | 15% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 71% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 61% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 75% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mayplace Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bexley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54% | 63% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 63.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 64% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 600 |
| 2023/24 | 629 |
| 2024/25 | 643 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mayplace Primary School compares
Mayplace Primary School ranked 30th of 56 primary schools in Bexley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 5.7% | 17.9% | 623 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 84% | 3.4% | 7.6% | 211 | 0.3 miles |
| St Paulinus Church of England Primary School | 67% | 5.1% | 8.7% | 203 | 0.4 miles |
| Gravel Hill Primary School | 56% | 4.9% | 21% | 434 | 0.6 miles |
| Pelham Primary School | 66% | 5.3% | 15.8% | 394 | 0.8 miles |
| Fairford Academy Barnehurst | 56% | 5.8% | 40.2% | 452 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.88%
- English as an additional language
- 15.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.65%
- Persistent absence
- 14.97%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Dartford
-
St Paulinus Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Dartford
-
Gravel Hill Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bexleyheath
-
Pelham Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bexleyheath
-
Fairford Academy Barnehurst0.9 miles
Primary · Bexleyheath
Common questions
- What year groups does Mayplace Primary School teach?
- Mayplace Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Barnehurst.
- Who is the head teacher of Mayplace Primary School?
- The head teacher of Mayplace Primary School is Mr David Moss, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mayplace Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mayplace Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Mayplace Primary School?
- Mayplace Primary School has 623 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mayplace Primary School full?
- Mayplace Primary School has capacity for 656 pupils and 623 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mayplace Primary School a faith school?
- No. Mayplace Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mayplace Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mayplace Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Mayplace Primary School?
- Mayplace Primary School is part of THE PRIMARY FIRST TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Mayplace Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Mayplace Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Mayplace Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mayplace Primary School rank locally?
- Mayplace Primary School ranked 30th of 56 primary schools in Bexley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mayplace Primary School's absence rate?
- Mayplace Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mayplace Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mayplace Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.