Bromley’s state schools get better results than 91% of towns in England
71% of Bromley’s primary pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, close to London’s towns (70%) and above towns in England (62%). 97 state-funded schools are located in Bromley’s built-up area. Bromley grades A for schools, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results: #14 of 33 in London. Ofsted is shown, not graded.
Bromley’s secondary results beat 84% of English towns; its primary results beat 90%. 71% of the London borough’s 11-year-olds meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% at the average school in England and 69% across Bromley. The spread between primaries is wide: 95% at St James' Roman Catholic Primary School, 28% at Leesons Primary School. Every school’s result ↓
Grammar schools in town
Newstead Wood School and St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School admit pupils by a test at 11. Their results count in Bromley’s School Grade, as they are state schools many local children attend. After 16 ↓
Gray's Farm beats its intake
Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually get lower results. At Gray's Farm Primary Academy, 34% of pupils are on free school meals and 83% meet the expected standard; a typical school in England with that intake reaches 59%. Results and intake ↓
Written from the Department for Education and Ofsted data on this page.
School Grade
Bromley grades A for schools
Against every town in England with results; Wales publishes none.
Primary: reading, writing and maths at 11 (71% meet the standard)Better than 90% of towns in England
Secondary: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (52.5 and 56%)Better than 84% of towns in England
Each of Bromley’s 67 primaries: % meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2023–25)
Each of Bromley’s 19 secondaries: Attainment 8 (2025/26)
England’s average schoolBromley’s average school
The primary figure: 67 primaries in the town, 11,237 pupils in results over three years. The secondary figure: 19 secondaries in the town, 3,675 pupils in results. Mainstream state schools only (grammar schools included); special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19 colleges are listed below but not graded. Each school’s results are compared with every school in England, then weighted by its pupils.
Map
Where Bromley’s 97 state schools are
Each school at its address, coloured by its own letter and sized by pupils. Open a school for its own page. The dashed shape is Bromley’s built-up area.
PrimarySecondarySpecial, nursery, 16–19Size: pupilsABCDNo letter
Most schools give places by distance once siblings are in, so the schools nearest a home matter more than any league table.
Results and intake
Which schools do better than their intake suggests
Schools with more pupils on free school meals tend to get lower results. The dashed line is the typical school in England for each level of free school meals; the band holds the middle two-thirds. A dot above the band is doing better than schools like it.
Primaries: KS2 reading, writing and maths against free school meals
Secondaries: Attainment 8 against free school meals
The share of pupils on free school meals runs from 2% at Crofton Infant School to 52% at Kemnal Technology College. Against schools with the same intake, St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School does best: 85 with 6% on free school meals, where a typical school would reach 56. 47 of 67 primaries and 10 of 19 secondaries are above the line.
Free school meals: pupils eligible now, DfE January 2026 census. The typical-school line is a straight-line fit across every graded school in England. It describes; it doesn’t grade: the School Grade uses results alone.
Getting a place
How school places work in Bromley
Bromley Council handles applications for every state school in Bromley, academies included. You apply to the council where you live, even for a school in another area.
Secondary (starting at 11)Apply by 31 October of Year 6. Offers on 1 March.
Primary (starting in Reception)Apply by 15 January before the September your child starts. Offers on 16 April.
Moving mid-yearApply to the council for an in-year place; it tells you which schools have room.
When a school is full
Every school publishes its admissions rules. Children in care come first, then, at most schools, brothers and sisters of current pupils, then those who live nearest. 19 of Bromley’s 92 mainstream schools have a religious character; some of them give priority by church attendance, so check each school’s rules. Infant classes are limited to 30 by law. If you’re refused a place, you can appeal to an independent panel.
Pupils on roll as a share of the school’s official capacity. The black tick is 100%; 17 schools are at or over it.
Newstead Wood141%
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar129%
Midfield incl. nursery115%
Orion Ravensbourne113%
Ravens Wood111%
Hayes110%
Langley Park School for Boys109%
Harris Academy Beckenham109%
Raglan incl. nursery107%
St Peter and St Paul incl. nursery106%
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Holy Innocents incl. nursery106%
Crofton Infant incl. nursery105%
Langley Park School for Girls104%
Churchfields incl. nursery103%
St Nicholas102%
Marian Vian101%
St Mary's100%
Valley incl. nursery100%
Warren Road100%
Crofton Junior100%
Harris Academy Beckenham100%
Alexandra Infant99%
Bullers Wood School for Boys99%
Perry Hall99%
St James' Roman99%
Tubbenden incl. nursery99%
The Highway incl. nursery99%
Poverest98%
Bullers Wood98%
Harris Academy Beckenham Green98%
Green Street Green incl. nursery98%
Darrick Wood Junior97%
Burnt Ash97%
Bickley97%
St Philomena's97%
Balgowan97%
Pickhurst96%
Gray's Farm incl. nursery96%
Charles Darwin96%
Edgebury96%
Alexandra Junior96%
Clare House95%
Langley Park95%
St George's, Bickley,95%
Red Hill95%
Harris Academy Crystal Palace incl. nursery95%
Wickham Common95%
Hawes Down94%
Farnborough94%
St. Mary Cray94%
Orion Blenheim incl. nursery93%
Pickhurst Infant93%
St Vincent's93%
Darrick Wood93%
Highfield Junior93%
Unicorn92%
St Mark's92%
Chislehurst School for Girls91%
Harris Academy Shortlands91%
Orion Mead Road91%
Highfield Infants'91%
Stewart Fleming90%
James Dixon incl. nursery90%
Darrick Wood Infant incl. nursery90%
Oak Lodge incl. nursery90%
Parish89%
Harris Girls Academy Bromley89%
Southborough89%
Hayes88%
St Joseph's86%
Harris Academy Kent House incl. nursery83%
Orion Coopers82%
Orion Scotts Park incl. nursery82%
Manor Oak incl. nursery81%
St Anthony's incl. nursery78%
La Fontaine78%
Keston77%
Bishop Justus75%
St John's72%
Pratts Bottom68%
Orion Eden Park68%
Oaklands incl. nursery67%
Leesons incl. nursery67%
Elmstead Wood incl. nursery67%
Orion Ravensworth incl. nursery65%
Harris Academy Orpington incl. nursery64%
Kemnal Technology College63%
Trinity incl. nursery60%
St Paul's Cray incl. nursery56%
Worsley Bridge51%
Cudham46%
DfE register of schools (GIAS), January 2026 census. Capacity often excludes a nursery class, so a school with a nursery can show over 100%.
The schools
97 state schools in Bromley
Each school’s own letter compares its results with every state school in England of the same phase: Key Stage 2 for primaries, GCSEs for secondaries. Open a school for its results, how its letter is worked out, Ofsted and a map.
Letters of Bromley’s schoolsA42B23C16D511 without a letter
Key result: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (GCSEs, 2025/26 provisional) for secondaries; the share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (KS2, DfE’s three-year average) for primaries. Pupils: the January 2026 school census. No letter: an infant or first school (no KS2 tests), a new school, a small cohort DfE suppresses, or a special school, nursery or college. Independent schools aren’t included.
Ofsted
Ofsted report cards
Each school’s latest inspection; report cards replace one-word judgements as schools are re-inspected.
Outstanding 12Good 23Report card 8Requires improvement 1Ungraded inspection only 53
Ofsted stopped giving one-word judgements in 2024. Until a school is re-inspected, its last overall judgement is its most recent single grade; a school judged years ago may have changed a lot since.
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives each area of a school one of five grades (exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement) and says whether safeguarding is met, instead of one overall word. 8 of Bromley’s 97 state schools have a report card so far; the others show their last inspection under the old framework. Ofsted is never part of the School Grade.
Academies are state schools run by a trust rather than the council: the trust employs the staff and can set its own curriculum and term dates. Admissions still go through the council.
Run by
Schools
Pupils
Their letters
Nexus Education Schools TrustBalgowan, Perry Hall, Bickley, Highfield Junior, Pickhurst Infant, Worsley Bridge, Alexandra Junior, Highfield Infants', Farnborough, Alexandra Infant, Manor Oak, Marjorie McClure
12
3,690
A−A+A−A+CA−BC
Lumero Educational TrustBullers Wood, Charles Darwin, Chislehurst School for Girls, Bullers Wood School for Boys, Tubbenden, Green Street Green, Darrick Wood Junior, The Highway, Pratts Bottom
9
6,709
AC−B+BABB+A−C+
Harris FederationHarris Academy Beckenham, Harris Girls Academy Bromley, Harris Academy Orpington, Harris Academy Beckenham, Harris Academy Kent House, Harris Academy Shortlands, Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Harris Academy Orpington, Harris Academy Beckenham Green
9
4,972
A−ACAB+AB+BA+
Aquinas Church of England Education Trust LimitedBishop Justus, Parish, St Mark's, St George's, Bickley,, Trinity, St Nicholas, Keston, St John's, Cudham
9
3,253
C+A−A−ACA−CDC
Impact Multi Academy TrustLangley Park School for Boys, Hayes, Langley Park School for Girls, Darrick Wood, Ravens Wood, Hawes Down, Clare House, Langley Park
8
9,849
A−A−AB+B+B+AB+
Mosaic Schools Learning TrustCrofton Junior, Marian Vian, Crofton Infant, Oak Lodge, Raglan, Valley, Unicorn, Wickham Common
8
4,234
A+AA−B−A+B−A−
Orion EducationOrion Ravensbourne, Orion Coopers, Orion Eden Park, Orion Scotts Park, Orion Ravensworth, Orion Blenheim, Orion Mead Road
7
4,886
BB−B+A−C−B+
St Oscar Romero Catholic Academy TrustHoly Innocents, St Peter and St Paul, St James' Roman, St Vincent's, St Philomena's, St Joseph's, St Anthony's
7
1,498
A−A+A+AAA−B−
Spring Partnership TrustHayes, Midfield, Leesons, Elmstead Wood, St. Mary Cray
5
1,848
A−CD−CC−
Pioneer AcademyRed Hill, Stewart Fleming, Southborough
Aspiration for All Co-Operative Trust (Afact)Poverest, Edgebury
2
837
CB−
United Learning TrustNewstead Wood
1
1,347
A+
Step Academy TrustLa Fontaine
1
492
A+
Quality First Education TrustChurchfields
1
480
B+
Burnt Ash Primary SchoolBurnt Ash
1
428
A
Swale Academies TrustJames Dixon
1
425
C+
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolSt Mary's
1
420
A
Specialist Learning TrustGlebe
1
288
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Amadeus Primary Academies TrustSt Paul's Cray
1
178
D
Bromley CouncilSt Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar, Riverside
2
1,444
A+
After 16
Where Bromley’s teenagers go at 16
In England young people stay in education or training until 18: a sixth form, a college, or an apprenticeship.
18 of Bromley’s 19 state secondaries have sixth forms: Bishop Justus, Bullers Wood, Charles Darwin, Chislehurst School for Girls, Darrick Wood, Harris Academy Beckenham, Harris Academy Orpington, Harris Girls Academy Bromley, Hayes, Kemnal Technology College, Langley Park School for Boys, Langley Park School for Girls, Newstead Wood, Orion Coopers, Orion Eden Park, Orion Ravensbourne, Ravens Wood and St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar. London South East Colleges, a further-education college, is in the London borough.
Secondaries with a sixth form
18 of 19
state schools in Bromley
Colleges within 12 miles
4
nearest: London South East Colleges
Grammar schools in Bromley
2
selective state secondaries
College
Distance
London South East CollegesFurther-education college · BR2 8HE
Special schools and alternative provision in Bromley
Bromley has 4 special schools (Bromley Beacon, Glebe, Marjorie McClure and Riverside: 959 pupils) and 1 alternative provision school, for pupils who can’t attend mainstream school for a time. A special-school place isn’t applied for like a mainstream one: for a child with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), Bromley Council names the school in the plan, after asking the family’s preference. These schools have no letter, because their results don’t compare with mainstream schools’. Their cards ↑
Bromley Council’s SEND Local Offer lists support beyond these schools.
Towns its size
8th of 37 English towns and cities of 228,000 to 439,000
Ranked by School Grade, best first: the towns and cities either side of Bromley, and the top and bottom of the group.
Bromley’s schools are graded at least as well as any neighbour’s. Small places often use the schools within 3 km, so neighbours can share schools.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Expected standard at Key Stage 2. The share of 11-year-olds who reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, in tests and teacher assessment at the end of primary school. We use DfE’s three-year average (2023–2025) to steady small schools.
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Higher standard. The share working at greater depth in all three. In Bromley: 16% (England’s average school: 8%).
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Attainment 8. A pupil’s GCSE grades across eight subjects, with English and maths counted twice, added up. 50 is roughly a grade 5 in every subject.
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Grade 5+ in English and maths. A strong pass in both. Grade 4 is a standard pass.
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Provisional. 2025/26 GCSE figures are DfE’s first release; revised figures follow in February, usually within a point.
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Progress 8. Not shown: there is none for 2025/26, because these pupils sat no KS2 tests in 2020 (Covid).
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Free school meals. Pupils eligible for free school meals now, from the January census: the usual measure of how many pupils come from low-income homes.
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Independent schools. Not included: they publish no results comparable with state schools’.
Questions about schools in Bromley
Are schools in Bromley good?
Bromley’s state schools earn an A against schools across England: primary results beat 90% of towns in England; secondary results beat 84% of towns in England, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results. School places are handled by Bromley council.
What is the best secondary school in Bromley?
On 2025/26 GCSE results, St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School: Attainment 8 of 85 and 100% with grade 5+ in English and maths, against 47.3 at the average school in England. Results are one measure; distance decides most places.
What is the best primary school in Bromley?
On Key Stage 2 results over 2023–25, St James' Roman Catholic Primary School: 95% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% at the average school in England.
Do Bromley secondary schools have sixth forms?
18 of 19 do.
How do I apply for a school place in Bromley?
Through Bromley Council, for every state school including academies. Secondary applications close on 31 October (offers 1 March); primary on 15 January (offers 16 April).
How many schools in Bromley are full?
17 of 91 mainstream schools have at least as many pupils as places, on DfE’s January 2026 census. A full school still admits by its rules, usually distance after siblings.
How many state schools are in Bromley?
97 open state-funded schools are located in Bromley’s built-up area: 73 primary, 19 secondary and 5 other (special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19). Independent schools aren’t included.
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 · DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), further-education and sixth-form colleges · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
