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Raglan Primary School

Primary · Bromley · BR2 9NL

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 19 July 2023

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At a glance

451 pupils · 107% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
9.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
31.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://raglanprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
140088

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 54 families named it first for 55 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.846 miles; distance decided places in 15 of the 16 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 19 July 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

55 places offered · 54 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.846 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
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
Simon de Senlis Primary SchoolNorthampton · 69 miles awayOutstanding67%
The Grove Primary AcademyCamberley · 33 miles awayGood65%
Red Oaks Primary SchoolSwindon · 81 miles awayGood51%
Ashmole Primary SchoolLondon · 18 miles awayOutstanding (2019)80%
Drake Primary SchoolThetford · 77 miles awayNeeds attention40%
Victoria Dock Primary SchoolHull · 163 miles awayGood62%
Gorseland Primary SchoolIPSWICH · 70 miles awayExpected standard63%
Nether Green Junior SchoolSheffield · 151 miles awayNo current grade60%
St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolRomford · 15 miles awayOutstanding58%
Warren Primary SchoolGrays · 13 miles awayGood69%
Robert Le Kyng Primary SchoolSwindon · 80 miles awayNo current grade69%
Upton Primary SchoolBexley · 6 miles awayOutstanding83%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
26 of 30 places taken nearly full

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 48% (Bromley 49%, England 60%) · Any other White background 13% (Bromley 11%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Bromley 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 7% (Bromley 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Bromley 6%, England 3%) · Black African 4% (Bromley 6%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Bromley 2%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bromley 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Bromley 6%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Bromley 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Bromley 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
23.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 3% 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)

72.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.6 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 £55,787; 9.5% 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£7,542
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

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

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£167,000

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.6%62.3%
Social housing3.1%17.1%
Privately rented20.3%20.5%
Detached houses2.4%22.9%
Flats10.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms18.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van18%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000679 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£500,000545 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£380,500–£610,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (37)£830,000
Semi-detached (144)£600,000
Terraced (220)£514,000
Flat (144)£320,000

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 (0.37 km, 2020 entry): 125 sales, median £470,000. 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
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
15an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
53an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an 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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