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Parish Church of England Primary School

Primary · Bromley · BR1 4HF

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 5 December 2023

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At a glance

563 pupils · 89% of 630 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
14.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
25.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.parishceschool.com
URN
139984

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 56 families named it first for 69 Reception places, 0.81 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 0.503 miles; distance decided places in 12 of the 16 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 5 December 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.81 first-choice applications per place

69 places offered · 56 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.503 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

88 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
80%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
31%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school80%
Median of its 12 closest peers70%
Bromley average69.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Henry Moore Primary SchoolHarlow · 25 miles awayNo current grade78%
Lovelace Primary SchoolChessington · 15 miles awayGood55%
Betty Layward Primary SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayGood81%
Kilmorie Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood66%
The Echelford Primary SchoolAshford · 20 miles awayExpected standard74%
Trinity Primary SchoolHereford · 126 miles awayGood62%
St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolRomford · 12 miles awayOutstanding95%
Green Lane Primary and Nursery SchoolWorcester Park · 11 miles awayGood63%
The Vale AcademyDunstable · 40 miles awayGood73%
Britannia Primary School and NurseryIpswich · 67 miles awayGood63%
Kempston Rural Primary SchoolKempston · 53 miles awayGood67%
Rykneld Primary SchoolBurton-on-Trent · 119 miles awayExpected standard81%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 41% (Bromley 49%, England 60%) · Any other White background 16% (Bromley 11%, England 7%) · Black African 6% (Bromley 6%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Bromley 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Bromley 4%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Bromley 6%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 4% (Bromley 6%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Bromley 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Bromley 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Bromley 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Bromley 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Bromley 1%, England 5%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.34 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bromley: 1.71 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

57.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,863; 11.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,385
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£39,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher49.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier60.2%62.3%
Social housing12.5%17.1%
Privately rented27.3%20.5%
Detached houses7.3%22.9%
Flats53.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms17.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van27.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000822 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£440,000635 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£335,000–£575,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (53)£800,000
Semi-detached (102)£582,500
Terraced (212)£475,000
Flat (268)£325,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.17 km, 2020 entry): 2,133 sales, median £432,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
37an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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