Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in BromleySelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry1,036 applications · 235 places offered · 300 named it first
- 2026 4.4; Bromley median median 3.7
- 2025 4.2; Bromley median median 3.8
- 2024 3.9; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2023 4.3; Bromley median median 3.6
- 2022 3.9; Bromley median median 3.9
- 2021 4.0; Bromley median median 4.0
- 2020 3.8; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2019 4.2; Bromley median median 3.7
- 2018 4.4; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2017 4.3; Bromley median median 3.6
- 2016 4.3; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2015 4.0; Bromley median median 3.1
- 2014 4.3; Bromley median median 3.3
- This school
- Bromley median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 235 | 1,036 | 4.4 | 300 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2025 | 237 | 1,006 | 4.2 | 265 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2024 | 249 | 976 | 3.9 | 281 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 250 | 1,081 | 4.3 | 340 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2022 | 253 | 987 | 3.9 | 299 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2021 | 255 | 1,015 | 4.0 | 268 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 | 267 | 1,000 | 3.8 | 302 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2019 | 270 | 1,137 | 4.2 | 344 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2018 | 259 | 1,132 | 4.4 | 348 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2017 | 259 | 1,107 | 4.3 | 303 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 250 | 1,085 | 4.3 | 345 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2015 | 260 | 1,031 | 4.0 | 369 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2014 | 254 | 1,079 | 4.3 | 351 | 1.38 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 262 | 51.3 | 51% | 76% | – |
| 2024/25 | 260 | 51.5 | 57% | 79% | – |
| 2023/24 | 254 | 50.3 | 56% | 79% | 0.00 |
| 2022/23 | 254 | 48.7 | 49% | 75% | −0.19 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Darrick Wood SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20244.4applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · Bromley20263.4applications per place 79.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.0 km · BromleyRemains Good20233.6applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · BromleyGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · BromleyGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 85.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.3 km · BromleyOutstanding20227.0applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · BromleyGood20231.8applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · BromleyGood20245.1applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · BromleyGood20233.7applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136355 · 305/5418
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,825 pupils · 1,698 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 December 2010
- Replaced
- Darrick Wood School (URN 101658)
- Address
- Lovibonds Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8ER
- Local authority
- Bromley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources