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Farnborough Primary School

  • 5–11Ages
  • 198Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140449URN

Farnborough Hill, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 7EQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
8.4per place
4.9 above Bromley median (3.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bromley

142 applications for 17 places · 2nd of 66 in Bromley
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
66%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 6 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
8.4applications per place, Reception
4.9 above Bromley median (3.4) 6.2 above England median (2.2)

142 applications · 17 places offered · 13 named it first

  1. 2026 8.4; Bromley median median 3.4
  2. 2025 5.8; Bromley median median 3.3
  3. 2024 7.1; Bromley median median 3.2
  4. 2023 6.9; Bromley median median 3.2
  5. 2022 8.3; Bromley median median 3.2
  6. 2021 7.3; Bromley median median 3.2
  7. 2020 7.3; Bromley median median 3.1
  8. 2019 8.7; Bromley median median 3.1
  9. 2018 8.1; Bromley median median 3.2
  10. 2017 10.3; Bromley median median 3.4
  11. 2016 5.6; Bromley median median 3.6
  12. 2015 5.0; Bromley median median 3.0
  13. 2014 10.3; Bromley median median 3.6
More applications per place than the Bromley median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Bromley median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026171428.4130.76
Sep 2025281615.8230.82
Sep 2024302137.1240.80
Sep 2023302086.9260.87
Sep 2022282328.3170.61
Sep 2021302207.3280.93
Sep 2020302207.3311.03
Sep 2019302628.7451.50
Sep 2018302448.1441.47
Sep 20173132010.3441.42
Sep 2016603375.6641.07
Sep 2015602995.0651.08
Sep 20143030910.3622.07

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 71% · Writing 69% · Maths 71% → all three 66% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard66%46th of 68 in Bromley
Reading
Expected standard71%
Higher standard49%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard69%
Greater depth14%
Maths
Expected standard71%
Higher standard37%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bromley median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2566%14%107106
2023/2484%13%106107
2022/2360%16%104104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

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  • Strong standard
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  • 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
Primary
URN · DfE number
140449 · 305/2042
Trust
Nexus Education Schools Trust
Capacity
210 pupils · 198 on roll
Free school meals
6.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2013
Replaced
Farnborough Primary School (URN 101615)
Address
Farnborough Hill, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 7EQ
Local authority
Bromley

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources