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Pratts Bottom Primary School

Primary · Orpington · BR6 7NX

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 24 September 2024

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At a glance

67 pupils · 68% of 98 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
13.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
7.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
10.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.prattsbottomprimary.co.uk/
URN
142721

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 0.83 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2017 entry went to 2.47 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 16 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. At its inspection on 24 September 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 10 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 (2017 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.47 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
56%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school56%
Median of its 12 closest peers56.5%
Bromley average69.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary SchoolDarwen · 197 miles awayNeeds attention10%
The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England SchoolGrantham · 118 miles awayGood60%
Storth CofE SchoolMilnthorpe · 233 miles awayExpected standard63%
Shipbourne SchoolTonbridge · 10 miles awayGood86%
West Tytherley Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury · 77 miles awayGood57%
St Michael's Primary SchoolHartfield · 16 miles awayExpected standard71%
Polebrook Church of England Primary SchoolPeterborough · 82 miles awayGood56%
Styal Primary SchoolWilmslow · 171 miles awayGood63%
Bratton Fleming Community Primary SchoolBarnstaple · 176 miles awayGood33%
Aston by Sutton Primary SchoolRuncorn · 180 miles awayGood56%
Somerfords' Walter Powell CofE AcademyChippenham · 94 miles awayGood13%
Welford and Wickham C.E. Primary SchoolNewbury · 67 miles awayGood36%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 75% (Bromley 49%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Bromley 6%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 4% (Bromley 6%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Bromley 4%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Bromley 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Bromley 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bromley 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Bromley 11%, England 7%)

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)
7.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19%
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
14.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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)

71.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.5 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 £56,200; 14.3% 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

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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier87.9%62.3%
Social housing3.1%17.1%
Privately rented9%20.5%
Detached houses61.1%22.9%
Flats4.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms53.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000680 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£705,50038 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£471,000–£822,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (21)£800,000
Semi-detached (10)£610,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.98 km, 2017 entry): 962 sales, median £589,500. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
1an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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