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Crofton Infant School

PrimaryAges 2–7Academy

Bromley, BR5 1EL · Bromley local authority

Bromley’s School Grade A better than 91% of towns in England

Getting in
163/186
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
590 pupils
105% of its 560 places
Free school meals
2%
2 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Crofton Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 590 pupils for 560 places
  • 2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, April 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • 88% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (163 of 186)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BR5 1) sold for a median £705,000; Bromley’s is £515,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Crofton Infant School?

88% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

186
families put it first for September 2026
180
places offered
88%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (44), 2020 (76), 2021 (41), 2022 (25), 2023 (50), 2024 (26), 2025 (33), 2026 (23). 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. Mosaic Schools Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Bromley council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Bromley, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.95 per place
50% got their first choice
1.80 per place
44% got their first choice
1.55 per place
62% got their first choice
1.50 per place
65% got their first choice
1.47 per place
61% got their first choice
1.38 per place
71% got their first choice
1.37 per place
73% got their first choice
1.35 per place
73% got their first choice
1.33 per place
73% got their first choice
Crofton Infant
1.03 per place
88% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

590 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.

SEN support
2.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
5.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
20.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
2.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Crofton Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting April 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingExceptional
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, November 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Crofton Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in BR5 1, the school’s postcode sector

Bromley property prices →
£705,000
median sale, 430 sales in 36 months · Bromley £515,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K£800K2010201520202025BR5 1Bromley
BR5 1Bromley

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£975K
Semi-detached
£700K
Terraced
£540K
Flat
£325K
BR5 1Bromley

Homes in BR5 1 sell for well over 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

18 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCA+B+C+A+AA+AA+A+C−CAA−B+BC+Crofton Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Bromley, BR5 1EL

Crofton Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Crofton Infant School?

For September 2026, 186 families put Crofton Infant School first and 163 of them were offered a place; 180 places were offered in all.

What is Crofton Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (April 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 Crofton Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BR5 1, sold for a median £705,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (430 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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