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Aspire Academy[1]

Special · ages 5–11

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Results

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Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
90 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
87 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 5%[4] 0%[4] 96[4] 90[4]
2022/23 0%[5] 0%[5] 95[5] 89[5]
2018/19 0%[6] 0%[6] 87[6] 88[6]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
7 Mar 2023[7]
Type
S5 Inspection[7]
Report published
3 May 2023[7]
Personal development
Outstanding[7]
Quality of education
Good[7]
Overall effectiveness
Good[7]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[7]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[7]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[7]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
24 Nov 2021[8] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8] No overall grade[8]
16 Jul 2019[9] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[9] No overall grade[9]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy special converter[1]
Ages
5–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
64[1]
Trust
LONDON SOUTH EAST ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Bexley[1]
Website
https://aspire.lseat.org.uk[1]
District
Bexley[10]
Postcode
DA16 1JB[1]
URN
144406[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
64 2024/25[11]
English as an additional language
7.8% 2024/25[11]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
81.3% 2024/25[11]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
80%[12]
Mixed
10.7%[12]
Asian
0%[12]
Black
8%[12]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[12]
Unclassified
0%[12]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.