Shenstone School
94 Old Road, Crayford, DA1 4DZ
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Lori Ann Mackey
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- The Kemnal Academies Trust
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 300
- Pupils on roll
- 240
- URN
- 144041
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01322524145
About this school
Shenstone School is a special academy in Crayford. It teaches children aged 2 to 19 and has 240 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Shenstone School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- 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 | 25 | 27 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -5.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.40 | - | - |
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 Shenstone 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 | 0% | 63% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 63.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 64% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 174 |
| 2023/24 | 191 |
| 2024/25 | 209 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.63%
- English as an additional language
- 21.5%
- Overall absence
- 8.71%
- Persistent absence
- 27.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Endeavour Academy Bexley0.2 miles
Academies · Bexleyheath
-
Woodside Academy1.2 miles
Academies · Erith
-
Aspire Academy2.1 miles
Academies · Welling
-
Break Through School2.2 miles
Independent schools
-
Park View Academy2.5 miles
Special schools · Welling
Common questions
- What ages does Shenstone School teach?
- Shenstone School teaches children aged 2 to 19. It is a special school in Crayford.
- Who is the headteacher of Shenstone School?
- The headteacher of Shenstone School is Ms Lori Ann Mackey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Shenstone School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Shenstone 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 many pupils are at Shenstone School?
- Shenstone School has 240 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- Is Shenstone School full?
- Shenstone School has capacity for 300 pupils and 240 on roll (80%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Shenstone School a faith school?
- No. Shenstone School has no designated religious character.
- Is Shenstone School part of an academy trust?
- Shenstone School is part of THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Shenstone School have?
- The schools register lists Shenstone School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Shenstone School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Shenstone School's absence rate?
- Shenstone School's overall absence rate is 8.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Shenstone School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Shenstone 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 10 July 2026.