Downe Primary School
near Halstead, BR6 7JN · Bromley local authority
What stands out about Downe Primary School
- Its own letter, A+: Key Stage 2 results better than 96% of England’s primary schools
- 85% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 23 points above England’s schools
- Ofsted report card, June 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
- Outside any built-up area: listed with Halstead, the nearest town
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (13 of 13)
- Homes in its postcode sector (BR6 7) sold for a median £558,250; Halstead’s is £621,250
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 85%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 96% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Bromley avg 69%
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Downe Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The Pioneer Academy sets the admissions rules. Apply through Bromley council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Halstead and Bromley, side by side
2023–2025All 70 graded primaries in Bromley. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Halstead’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St James' Roman Catholic Primary School | A+ | 3% | 95% |
| La Fontaine Academy | A+ | 10% | 92% |
| Perry Hall Primary School | A+ | 5% | 89% |
| Crofton Junior School | A+ | 6% | 88% |
| Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green | A+ | 22% | 86% |
| Highfield Junior School | A+ | 5% | 85% |
| Downe Primary School | A+ | 26% | 85% |
| St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School | A+ | 16% | 84% |
| Valley Primary School | A+ | 10% | 83% |
| Gray's Farm Primary Academy | A+ | 34% | 83% |
| Burnt Ash Primary School | A | 24% | 82% |
| Clare House Primary School | A | 6% | 82% |
| Harris Primary Academy Shortlands | A | 16% | 81% |
| Warren Road Primary School | A | 2% | 80% |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary School | A | 9% | 80% |
| Tubbenden Primary School | A | 8% | 79% |
| Harris Primary Academy Beckenham | A | 8% | 79% |
| Marian Vian Primary School | A | 18% | 78% |
| St Philomena's Primary School | A | 13% | 77% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | A | 6% | 76% |
| St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School | A | 6% | 76% |
| Alexandra Junior School | A− | 10% | 75% |
| Balgowan Primary School | A− | 4% | 74% |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary | A− | 2% | 74% |
| St Mark's Church of England Primary School | A− | 13% | 74% |
| Hayes Primary School | A− | 4% | 73% |
| Parish Church of England Primary School | A− | 14% | 73% |
| Oak Lodge Primary School | A− | 10% | 73% |
| The Highway Primary School | A− | 17% | 73% |
| Bickley Primary School | A− | 5% | 73% |
| Pickhurst Academy | A− | 8% | 72% |
| Orion Scotts Park | A− | 13% | 71% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | A− | 6% | 71% |
| Holy Innocents Catholic Primary School | A− | 5% | 71% |
| Wickham Common Primary School | A− | 6% | 71% |
| Darrick Wood Junior School | B+ | 17% | 70% |
| Red Hill Primary School | B+ | 15% | 70% |
| Harris Primary Academy Kent House | B+ | 29% | 69% |
| Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace | B+ | 40% | 69% |
| Langley Park Primary School | B+ | 10% | 69% |
| Orion Blenheim | B+ | 38% | 69% |
| Hawes Down Primary School | B+ | 4% | 68% |
| Churchfields Primary School | B+ | 12% | 68% |
| Farnborough Primary School | B | 6% | 67% |
| Harris Primary Academy Orpington | B | 39% | 67% |
| Green Street Green Primary School | B | 11% | 67% |
| Stewart Fleming Primary School | B | 15% | 66% |
| Edgebury Primary School | B− | 9% | 64% |
| Raglan Primary School | B− | 9% | 64% |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School | B− | 27% | 64% |
| Unicorn Primary School | B− | 7% | 61% |
| Pratts Bottom Primary School | C+ | 13% | 59% |
| Southborough Primary School | C+ | 22% | 59% |
| James Dixon Primary School | C+ | 29% | 58% |
| Keston Church of England Primary School | C | 9% | 57% |
| Poverest Primary School | C | 24% | 56% |
| Manor Oak Primary School | C | 34% | 56% |
| Midfield Primary School | C | 21% | 56% |
| Cudham Church of England Primary School | C | 27% | 56% |
| Elmstead Wood Primary School | C | 34% | 55% |
| Trinity Church of England Primary School | C | 30% | 55% |
| Worsley Bridge Primary School | C | 26% | 54% |
| Orion Ravensworth | C− | 37% | 53% |
| Chelsfield Primary School | C− | 26% | 53% |
| Biggin Hill Primary School | C− | 14% | 50% |
| St. Mary Cray Primary Academy | C− | 34% | 50% |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | D | 46% | 47% |
| Oaklands Primary Academy | D | 16% | 45% |
| St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary School | D | 44% | 39% |
| Leesons Primary School | D− | 40% | 28% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 202566 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Downe Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Report card, inspection starting June 2026.
Living near Downe Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in BR6 7, the school’s postcode sector
Halstead property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in BR6 7 sell for a little under Halstead’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
2 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗near Halstead, BR6 7JN
Downe Primary School: common questions
Is Downe Primary School a good school?
By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 96% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A+), with 85% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: a report card in June 2026.
How hard is it to get into Downe Primary School?
For September 2026, 13 families put Downe Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 13 places were offered in all.
What is Downe Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection (June 2026) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.
How much do houses cost near Downe Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, BR6 7, sold for a median £558,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (290 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Halstead’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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