Bursted Wood Primary School is a mixed primary academy in Bexleyheath, London Borough of Bexley, teaching 621 pupils aged 4 to 11. Its last Ofsted inspection in November 2021 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Bursted Wood Primary School.

Latest inspection
Good Ungraded inspection
Outcome: School remains Good. Ungraded (short) inspections confirm whether standards are maintained since the last full graded inspection — they don’t assign new category grades.
Ungraded inspection · Inspected 12 Nov 2021 · Published 16 Jan 2022
Read full Ofsted report ↗

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Bursted Wood Primary School.

Bursted Wood Primary School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Staff Training Day (school closed to pupils)
  • 2 Staff Training Day (school closed to pupils)
  • 3 Autumn Term starts (Children’s first day of term)
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 19 Autumn Term ends (Children’s last day of term)
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year’s Day
  • 5 Staff Training Day (school closed to pupils)
  • 6 Spring Term starts (Children’s first day of term)
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27 Spring Term ends (Children’s last day of term)
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 13 Staff Training Day (school closed to pupils)
  • 14 Summer Term starts (Children’s first day of term)
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 17 Summer Term ends (Children’s last day of term)
  • 18–31 Summer Holiday
  • 20 Staff Training Day (school closed to pupils)
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Staff Training Day (school closed to pupils) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Staff Training Day (school closed to pupils) Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term starts (Children’s first day of term) Sep 3, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27–31, 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term ends (Children’s last day of term) Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025–Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Staff Training Day (school closed to pupils) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Term starts (Children’s first day of term) Jan 6, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16–20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term ends (Children’s last day of term) Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30–Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Staff Training Day (school closed to pupils) Apr 13, 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Term starts (Children’s first day of term) Apr 14, 2026 Term
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term May 25–29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term ends (Children’s last day of term) Jul 17, 2026 Term
  • Staff Training Day (school closed to pupils) Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Holiday Jul 18–Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
  • New Year’s Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
73% Expected standard at KS2 England 62% Top 27%
10.2% Persistent absence England 17.8% Top 32%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Bursted Wood Primary School with London Borough of Bexley and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 73% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school London Borough of Bexley England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 73%
London Borough of Bexley 67% England 62% +11 vs England
Average reading scaled score · 100 = expected standard 107
London Borough of Bexley 107 England 106 in line with England
Average maths scaled score · 100 = expected standard 108
London Borough of Bexley 106 England 105 +3 vs England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 89
Attendance 10.2% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school London Borough of Bexley England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 10.2%
London Borough of Bexley 15% England 17.8% -7.6 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 4.6%
London Borough of Bexley 5.9% England 6.8% -2.2 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Bursted Wood Primary School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other primary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Bursted Wood Primary School than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.