Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in BromleySelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Exceptional | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Exceptional | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Exceptional | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 3 Exceptional, 3 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 2 February 2022Graded inspection: Outstanding
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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 entry636 applications · 190 places offered · 322 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.4; Bromley median median 3.7
- 2025 3.3; Bromley median median 3.8
- 2024 3.5; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2023 3.3; Bromley median median 3.6
- 2022 3.7; Bromley median median 3.9
- 2021 4.2; Bromley median median 4.0
- 2020 3.1; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2019 4.0; Bromley median median 3.7
- 2018 3.9; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2017 3.8; Bromley median median 3.6
- 2016 3.5; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2015 3.8; Bromley median median 3.1
- 2014 3.5; Bromley median median 3.3
- This school
- Bromley median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
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 | 190 | 636 | 3.4 | 322 | 1.69 |
| Sep 2025 | 177 | 580 | 3.3 | 296 | 1.67 |
| Sep 2024 | 178 | 619 | 3.5 | 338 | 1.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 178 | 585 | 3.3 | 300 | 1.69 |
| Sep 2022 | 168 | 620 | 3.7 | 337 | 2.01 |
| Sep 2021 | 176 | 745 | 4.2 | 358 | 2.03 |
| Sep 2020 | 175 | 549 | 3.1 | 280 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2019 | 158 | 631 | 4.0 | 311 | 1.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 161 | 633 | 3.9 | 317 | 1.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 160 | 608 | 3.8 | 304 | 1.90 |
| Sep 2016 | 159 | 556 | 3.5 | 281 | 1.77 |
| Sep 2015 | 161 | 612 | 3.8 | 333 | 2.07 |
| Sep 2014 | 166 | 582 | 3.5 | 342 | 2.06 |
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.) | 168 | 79.5 | 98% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 156 | 82.8 | 100% | 100% | – |
| 2023/24 | 159 | 80.2 | 98% | 100% | +1.05 |
| 2022/23 | 160 | 81.5 | 100% | 100% | +1.13 |
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
- Newstead Wood SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.4applications per place 79.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.7 km · BromleyGood20244.4applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · BromleyGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 85.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.6 km · BromleyGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · BromleyRemains Good20233.6applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · BromleyGood20231.8applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · BromleyOutstanding20227.0applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · BromleyRemains Good20232.3applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · BromleyGood20245.1applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136551 · 305/5405
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 955 pupils · 1,347 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Newstead Wood School for Girls (URN 101671)
- Address
- Avebury Road, Orpington, BR6 9SA
- Local authority
- Bromley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources