Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Bromley
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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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 entry32 applications · 13 places offered · 13 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Bromley median median 3.4
- 2025 5.5; Bromley median median 3.3
- 2024 13.0; Bromley median median 3.2
- 2023 4.3; Bromley median median 3.2
- 2022 4.5; Bromley median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2021 3.3; Bromley median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2020 2.8; Bromley median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2019 4.5; Bromley median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2018 5.3; Bromley median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2017 3.3; Bromley median median 3.4; as the previous school
- 2016 4.4; Bromley median median 3.6; as the previous school
- 2015 4.7; Bromley median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2014 3.9; Bromley median median 3.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Bromley median
Dashed bars: as Downe Primary School (URN 101614), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 5 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2022 * | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 4 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2020 * | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 9 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2018 * | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 6 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2017 * | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 9 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2016 * | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 * | 14 | 66 | 4.7 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 10 | 0.71 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Bromley median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 92% | 8% | 108 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 73% | 18% | 104 | 107 |
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
- Downe Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.5applications per place
- 2.5 km · BromleyGood20233.8applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · BromleyGood20248.4applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · BromleyRemains Good20231.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · BromleyGood20243.8applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · BromleyGood20242.4applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · BromleyOutstanding20233.5applications per place
- 3.2 km · BromleyRemains Good202465%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · BromleyRequires improvement20241.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149534 · 305/2041
- Trust
- The Pioneer Academy
- Capacity
- 100 pupils · 85 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 January 2023
- Replaced
- Downe Primary School (URN 101614)
- Address
- High Elms Road, Downe, High Elms Road, Orpington, BR6 7JN
- Local authority
- Bromley
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources