Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 3 March 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 2 November 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry476 applications · 229 places offered · 66 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Bromley median median 3.7
- 2025 3.0; Bromley median median 3.8
- 2024 3.7; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2023 4.5; Bromley median median 3.6
- 2022 5.5; Bromley median median 3.9
- 2021 5.4; Bromley median median 4.0
- 2020 5.9; Bromley median median 3.5
- 2019 4.8; Bromley median median 3.7
- 2018 3.5; Bromley median median 3.5
- 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 | 229 | 476 | 2.1 | 66 | 0.29 |
| Sep 2025 | 232 | 695 | 3.0 | 96 | 0.41 |
| Sep 2024 | 239 | 886 | 3.7 | 158 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2023 | 235 | 1,045 | 4.5 | 173 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2022 | 232 | 1,271 | 5.5 | 336 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2021 | 250 | 1,351 | 5.4 | 358 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2020 | 245 | 1,456 | 5.9 | 472 | 1.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 251 | 1,215 | 4.8 | 301 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2018 | 216 | 761 | 3.5 | 171 | 0.79 |
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.) | 227 | 48.9 | 53% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 228 | 45.5 | 48% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 236 | 42.7 | 44% | 62% | −0.56 |
| 2022/23 | 171 | 47.7 | 47% | 69% | −0.15 |
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
- Orion Eden ParkThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · BromleyRemains Outstanding20237.2applications per place 54.5Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · CroydonRemains Good · improving20244.1applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · BromleyImproved significantly20244.5applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Croydon20264.3applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · BromleyGood20223.9applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · CroydonGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · BromleyRemains Outstanding20244.4applications per place 61.7Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · CroydonGood20222.7applications per place 45.4Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144465 · 305/4004
- Trust
- Orion Education
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,680 pupils · 1,148 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Address
- Balmoral Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3RD
- Local authority
- Bromley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources