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Burnt Ash Primary School

Primary · Bromley · BR1 4QX

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 2 October 2019

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At a glance

428 pupils · 97% of 440 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
40.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.burntash.bromley.sch.uk
URN
142584

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 85 families named it first for 58 Reception places, 1.47 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.574 miles; distance decided places in 15 of the 16 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 2 October 2019, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.47 first-choice applications per place

58 places offered · 85 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 0.574 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.574 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
76%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
19%
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 school76%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
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
Wood Farm Primary SchoolOxford · 57 miles awayGood68%
London Fields Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood79%
Parsloes Primary SchoolDagenham · 10 miles awayGood70%
Roger Ascham Primary SchoolLondon · 12 miles awayGood86%
Hare Street Community Primary School and NurseryHarlow · 24 miles awayOutstanding85%
King Athelstan Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · 13 miles awayGood61%
Rainham Village Primary SchoolRainham · 10 miles awayGood58%
Charlton Manor Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood48%
Buckland Primary SchoolStaines · 22 miles awayGood51%
Lime Tree Primary AcademySale · 169 miles awayGood69%
Devonshire Road Primary SchoolBolton · 182 miles awayStrong standard68%
Barons Court Primary School and NurseryWestcliff-on-Sea · 31 miles awayOutstanding91%

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: SEN unit.

SEN unit
20 of 20 places taken full, or over capacity

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 31% (Bromley 49%, England 60%) · Any other White background 11% (Bromley 11%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Bromley 6%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 8% (Bromley 4%, England 2%) · Black African 7% (Bromley 6%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 5% (Bromley 6%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Bromley 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Bromley 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Bromley 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 4% (Bromley 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Bromley 1%, England 2%)

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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.16 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
19.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

68% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 18% moved to another state school · 14% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

4.27% 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)

48.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 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 £54,216; 17.4% 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£7,935
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,087,000; in-year balance +£137,000

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier42.5%62.3%
Social housing43.3%17.1%
Privately rented14.2%20.5%
Detached houses5.6%22.9%
Flats12.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms10.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van35%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032562 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£425,000498 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£365,000–£544,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (42)£790,000
Semi-detached (105)£550,000
Terraced (250)£415,000
Flat (101)£305,000

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 (0.81 km, 2020 entry): 282 sales, median £430,000. 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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
34an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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