Benedict House Preparatory School
Benedict House Preparatory School is an independent school in Sidcup for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 170 pupils and room for 450.
1-5 Victoria Road, Sidcup, DA15 7HD020 8300 7206benedicthouseprepschool.co.ukMrs Laura Baker headmasterAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Bexley council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 170 | 213 | 217 | 184 | 158 | 155 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 33% | 6% | 5% | 22% | 8% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Lodge School | Independent | 120 m | 174 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Birkbeck Primary School | Council | 530 m | 664 | Good 2023 | 91 | Compare |
| Longlands Primary School | Council | 790 m | 293 | Good 2024 | 54 | Compare |
| Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School | Academy (grammar) | 960 m | 1,561 | Good 2022 | 96 | Compare |
| Merton Court School | Independent | 980 m | 311 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 241 | Good 2023 | 52 | Compare |
| Burnt Oak Junior School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 245 | Outstanding 2024 | 93 | Compare |
| Orchard Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 207 | Good 2022 | 53 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Benedict House Preparatory School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Benedict House Preparatory School yet.
How many pupils does Benedict House Preparatory School have?
170 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 450 places, so it is 38% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 1-5 Victoria Road, Sidcup, DA15 7HD
- Telephone
- 020 8300 7206
- Website
- www.benedicthouseprepschool.co.uk
- Headmaster
- Mrs Laura Baker
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Bexley
- Ward
- Longlands
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1989
- URN
- 101484 · LAESTAB 3036060 · UKPRN 10079896
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.