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St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School

Primary · Bromley · BR1 2RL

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 September 2026 · report published 6 October 2026

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At a glance

399 pupils · 95% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
14.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stgeorgescebromley.school
URN
143097

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 38 families named it first for 54 Reception places, 0.70 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 0.995 miles; distance decided places in 9 of the 16 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 9 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.70 first-choice applications per place

54 places offered · 38 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 (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.995 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
68%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school68%
Median of its 12 closest peers69.5%
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 Dominic Savio Catholic Primary SchoolWoodley · 41 miles awayOutstanding90%
Auriol Junior SchoolEpsom · 13 miles awayNo current grade74%
Warren Primary SchoolGrays · 13 miles awayGood69%
The Tyrrells SchoolChelmsford · 31 miles awayGood80%
Ardley Hill AcademyDunstable · 40 miles awayGood60%
Cedarwood Primary SchoolIpswich · 69 miles awayGood57%
Jennett's Park CofE Primary SchoolBracknell · 35 miles awayExpected standard69%
St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolWindermere · 239 miles awayGood47%
St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolBexleyheath · 6 miles awayOutstanding84%
St Anne's Church Primary SchoolWeston Super Mare · 125 miles awayGood70%
Unicorn Primary SchoolBeckenham · 3 miles awayGood63%
Nelmes Primary SchoolHornchurch · 15 miles awayOutstanding89%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 54% (Bromley 49%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (Bromley 11%, England 7%) · Black African 6% (Bromley 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Bromley 6%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Bromley 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Bromley 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 3% (Bromley 6%, England 4%) · Not recorded 2% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bromley 4%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Bromley 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Bromley 1%, England 5%) · 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)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.5%
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
20.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% 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)

61.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.6 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 £51,833; 8.3% 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

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,359
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£223,000

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health58.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75.5%62.3%
Social housing6.6%17.1%
Privately rented17.9%20.5%
Detached houses1.2%22.9%
Flats20.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms22.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000647 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£516,500514 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£362,000–£750,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (72)£1,026,000
Semi-detached (123)£642,500
Terraced (148)£525,000
Flat (171)£325,000

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 (1.61 km, 2020 entry): 1,178 sales, median £505,000. 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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
43an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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