Graded inspection · Jun 2023 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 entry485 applications · 234 places offered · 193 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Bromley median median 3.7
- 2025 1.9; Bromley median median 3.8
- 2024 2.3; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2023 2.1; Bromley median median 3.6
- 2022 2.3; Bromley median median 3.9
- 2021 2.1; Bromley median median 4.0
- 2020 2.2; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2019 2.2; Bromley median median 3.7
- 2018 2.1; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2017 2.1; Bromley median median 3.6
- 2016 2.0; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2015 1.9; Bromley median median 3.1
- 2014 1.9; 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 | 234 | 485 | 2.1 | 193 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 224 | 435 | 1.9 | 156 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2024 | 228 | 525 | 2.3 | 185 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2023 | 233 | 477 | 2.1 | 182 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2022 | 233 | 530 | 2.3 | 212 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 240 | 506 | 2.1 | 202 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 | 234 | 513 | 2.2 | 198 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 232 | 504 | 2.2 | 212 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 229 | 484 | 2.1 | 217 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 239 | 494 | 2.1 | 194 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2016 | 237 | 466 | 2.0 | 204 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2015 | 224 | 432 | 1.9 | 199 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 | 227 | 423 | 1.9 | 191 | 0.84 |
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.) | 219 | 41.1 | 31% | 52% | – |
| 2024/25 | 213 | 38.9 | 24% | 51% | – |
| 2023/24 | 211 | 42.6 | 38% | 59% | −0.34 |
| 2022/23 | 201 | 45.5 | 43% | 68% | −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
- Charles Darwin SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.1applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · CroydonGood20231.3applications per place 29.7Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · BromleyGood20244.4applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · BromleyRemains Good20233.6applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · Bromley20263.4applications per place 79.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.8 km · BromleyOutstanding20227.0applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · Surrey20261.6applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · BromleyGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 85.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 7.3 km · BromleyGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 43.8Attainment 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
- 136545 · 305/5409
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,356 pupils · 1,305 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Charles Darwin School (URN 101675)
- Address
- Jail Lane, Biggin Hill, Westerham, TN16 3AU
- Local authority
- Bromley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources