Hook Lane Primary School

What Ofsted found

Full inspection, May 2023.

• Overall effectiveness: Hook Lane Primary School continues to be a good school.
• Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

• Inspectors found pupils with SEND are quickly identified and well supported to study the same curriculum as their classmates.
• Inspectors found pupils behave well in lessons and around the school and that unkind or discriminatory language is not tolerated.

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The school

• The school aims for a culture rooted in kindness, respect and high expectations.
• Forest School, OPAL play and a reading bus are among the enrichment opportunities offered.

Source: Hook Lane Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

How it teaches

• Nursery children benefit from early phonics support, Write Dance and forest school sessions.

Source: Hook Lane Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Music, sport and trips

• The school choir performs several times a year, including at Young Voices at the O2 and the Bexley Festival of Music.

Source: Hook Lane Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Admissions

• The school has 16 places within its resourced provision for children with ASD, within the school admission numbers.
• Children are admitted to the Hook Lane Nursery in the September following their third birthday.

Source: Hook Lane Primary School website; Hook Lane Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Nursery

• Full-time nursery hours are 8:35am to 3:15pm, with part-time morning or afternoon sessions also offered.
• Nursery is fully integrated into the Early Years Foundation Stage and works closely with the reception classes.

Source: Hook Lane Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Visiting

• Visits for prospective parents are offered on set dates, including a stay and play session and school tour on Saturday 14 November, 9 to 10.30am.

Source: Hook Lane Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Support

• Pupils with recognised needs are supported across the curriculum by a team of Teaching Assistants, in class, in small groups or in Intervention Groups.

Source: Hook Lane Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

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