Living in Erith with children
Erith, Bexley. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
15 schools: 13 state primary, 2 state secondaryErith on the schools map →Every school in Erith, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (13)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School | Outstanding | Top 5% · 3rd in Bexley | — |
| St Fidelis Catholic Primary School | Outstanding | Top 5% · 7th in Bexley | — |
| Haberdashers' Slade Green Primary | Good | Top 10% · 13th in Bexley | — |
| Peareswood Primary School | Improved significantly | Top 25% · 16th in Bexley | 0.339 miles (2022) |
| Barnehurst Junior School | Outstanding | Top 25% · 18th in Bexley | — |
| Belmont Academy | School remains Good | Top half · 28th in Bexley | — |
| Christ Church (Erith) CofE Primary School | Outstanding | Top half · 33rd in Bexley | — |
| Northumberland Heath Primary School | Requires improvement | Lower half · 49th in Bexley | — |
| Northwood Primary School | Standards maintained | Lower half · 50th in Bexley | — |
| St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary School | Good | Lower half · 52nd in Bexley | — |
| Parkway Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 53rd in Bexley | — |
| Barnehurst Infant School | Outstanding | — | 0.426 miles (2022) |
| Lime Wood Primary School | Ofsted report card | — | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Garrard Academy | Ofsted report card | Top half · 6th in Bexley | — |
| Leigh Academy Bexley | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 16th in Bexley | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Erith yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Erith →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 88% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 618 postcodes in DA8, DA18. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 9 good, or expected standard; 1 inadequate, or safeguarding not met; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 14 in Bexley.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Bexley
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Bexley.
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