Bonus Pastor Catholic College
Secondary · Bromley · BR1 5PZ
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 12 October 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
919 pupils · 102% of 900 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 26.9% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 11.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 11.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 150605
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 305 families named it first for 172 Year 7 places, 1.77 first choices per place. We hold 3 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2023; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 12 October 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
1.77 first-choice applications per place172 places offered · 305 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2023 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2023 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Bromley school admissions · Lewisham school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
175 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, 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.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Peacehaven Community School | 40.1 | |
| The Dean Academy | 43.1 | |
| Stowupland High School | 41.1 | |
| Great Torrington School | 39 | |
| De La Salle School | 41.8 | |
| St Thomas More RC College | 44 | |
| Stone Lodge School | 37.6 | |
| Castle Manor Academy | 40.3 | |
| Therfield School | 49 | |
| Sir John Talbot's School | 46.8 | |
| Harrow Way Community School | 44.4 | |
| The Clarendon Academy | 39.8 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Black African 29% (Lewisham 20%, England 5%) · White British 15% (Lewisham 23%, England 59%) · Any other White background 12% (Lewisham 10%, England 7%) · Black Caribbean 11% (Lewisham 10%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Lewisham 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 5% (Lewisham 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Lewisham 5%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Lewisham 4%, England 1%) · Not recorded 3% (Lewisham 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Lewisham 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Lewisham 5%, England 3%) · White Irish 2% (Lewisham 1%, England 0%) · Asian Indian 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Lewisham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Lewisham 1%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
9.74 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Lewisham: 11.20 suspensions and 0.10 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
75.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.6 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 £62,624; 9.5% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 10% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 12% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance -£73,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 37.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 17.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 32.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 15.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 53.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 74.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 6.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 19% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 11% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 14.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 23.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003353 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £410,000289 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £360,000–£481,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
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
- 15an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 72an 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