Poverest Primary School
Bromley, BR5 2JD · Bromley local authority
Bromley’s School Grade A better than 91% of towns in England
What stands out about Poverest Primary School
- Its own letter, C: Key Stage 2 results better than 31% of England’s primary schools
- 56% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6 points below England’s schools
- Ofsted: Good, February 2024 (shown, not graded)
- 89% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (39 of 44)
- Homes in its postcode sector (BR5 2) sold for a median £430,000; Bromley’s is £515,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 56%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 31% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Bromley avg 69%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 106, maths 105 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 22 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
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 Poverest Primary School?
89% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (11), 2020 (9), 2021 (17), 2022 (9), 2023 (12), 2024 (7), 2025 (6), 2026 (5). 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 school’s governing body 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 · the 10 most in demand
89% got their first choice
Bromley 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. Bromley’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 2025435 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
Poverest 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.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, February 2024.
Living near Poverest Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in BR5 2, the school’s postcode sector
Bromley property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in BR5 2 sell for well under Bromley’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
16 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Bromley, BR5 2JD
Poverest Primary School: common questions
Is Poverest Primary School a good school?
By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 31% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C), with 56% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, February 2024.
How hard is it to get into Poverest Primary School?
For September 2026, 44 families put Poverest Primary School first and 39 of them were offered a place; 56 places were offered in all.
What is Poverest Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (February 2024).
How much do houses cost near Poverest Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, BR5 2, sold for a median £430,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (394 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; Bromley’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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