- What did Ofsted judge Days Lane Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?
- Ofsted judged Days Lane Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in March 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.
- How many pupils attend Days Lane Primary School?
- Days Lane Primary School has 653 pupils on roll.
- What ages does Days Lane Primary School take?
- Days Lane Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.
- Where is Days Lane Primary School located?
- Days Lane Primary School is located in Sidcup, DA15 8JU, Bexley.
- How do I apply to Days Lane Primary School?
- Days Lane Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
- How close do you need to live to get into Days Lane Primary School?
- On offer day for 2025-26 (Reception), the furthest place offered at Days Lane Primary School was 0.571 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.
- How are Reception places decided at Days Lane Primary School?
- When Days Lane Primary School has more applications than places for 2026-27, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after children / previously looked after children — Children in Public Care (looked after children) and all previously looked after children, including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in care as a result of being adopted. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangement order or special guardianship order). To qualify for this priority, children must fall within the definition of ‘looked after’ as in section 22 (1) of the Children Act 1989. An adopted child must have been adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002; 2. Children of teaching staff — In order to recruit and retain high quality teachers, children with a parent or registered carer employed as a teacher at Days Lane Primary School on a permanent basis at the time of application will be awarded this priority in either or both of the following circumstances: where the teacher has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the teacher is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage; 3. Siblings — Siblings of children who will be attending Days Lane Primary School at the time the child is due for admission to the school. This priority does not include brothers or sisters due to transfer to secondary school in the next academic year. For this priority, brother or sister includes a full brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, or step/half brother or sister living at the same address. Where in an allocation of places, children who are twins, triplets or from other multiple births would qualify for fewer places than the number of children, all will be treated as siblings and therefore accorded the sibling priority, and 2 further criteria. 90 places were offered at this entry point for 2026-27. Tie-break: Where one or more applicants live exactly the same distance from the school applied for and all would qualify for the last available place, the allocation of the last place will be made by drawing lots. The first child will be offered the place, and the remaining child placed on the waiting list in the order of the draw.
- What is the largest ethnic background at Days Lane Primary School?
- According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 68% of pupils at Days Lane Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.