School admissions in Bromley
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 75 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
71 schools. 16 received more first preferences than they had places.
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
19 schools. 7 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School | 2.01 | 128 | not published |
| Newstead Wood School | 1.69 | 190 | not published |
| Langley Park School for Boys | 1.58 | 202 | 1.011 miles |
| Langley Park School for Girls | 1.40 | 249 | 1.142 miles |
| Harris Academy Beckenham | 1.33 | 199 | not published |
| Darrick Wood School | 1.28 | 235 | 1.194 miles |
| Hayes School | 1.27 | 240 | 1.056 miles |
| Harris Girls Academy Bromley | 0.97 | 175 | 3.3 miles |
| Bullers Wood School | 0.94 | 224 | 1.558 miles |
| Chislehurst School for Girls | 0.87 | 241 | 2.467 miles |
| Ravens Wood School | 0.85 | 228 | 2.868 miles |
| Charles Darwin School | 0.82 | 234 | 3.544 miles |
| Orion Ravensbourne | 0.79 | 239 | 2.501 miles |
| Bullers Wood School for Boys | 0.75 | 175 | 1.861 miles |
| Harris Academy Orpington | 0.61 | 120 | not published |
| Orion Coopers | 0.42 | 252 | not published |
| Kemnal Technology College | 0.41 | 102 | 5.2 miles |
| Orion Eden Park | 0.29 | 229 | 1.704 miles |
| Bishop Justus CofE School | 0.20 | 153 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.