Secondary · DA16 · Bexley

Welling School

Elsa Road, Welling, DA16 1LB

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Requires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
Attendance94.1%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.82
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils1084

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

Latest visit (Apr 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing and leadership and governance needs attention; post-16 provision expected standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

Improved from Inadequate (8 Feb 2022).

  1. Previous gradedInadequate

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in DA16. Where we have them, council (Bexley) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1084
Free school meals
33.6%
16.8% above district average (16.8%)

Also: Bexley 19.7% · England 25.8%

SEN
17.9%
1.1% below district average (19%)

Also: Bexley 12.9% · England 16.5%

EAL
14%
13% below district average (27%)
Attendance
94.1%
1.7% below district average (95.8%)

Also: Bexley 93.3% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
15.4%
Progress 8
-0.82 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
34.7
Grade 5+ English & maths
26.7%
Grade 4+ English & maths
47.6%
Entered for EBacc
11%
EBacc average point score
2.86

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the DA16 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2193.9%
  • 2021/2285.6%
  • 2022/2385.3%
  • 2023/2487.4%
  • 2024/2588.6%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
1730
Pupils on roll
1084

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Bexley page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.9%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · ASD
Need types
ASD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates