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Southborough Primary School

Primary · Bromley · BR2 8AA

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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 13 February 2020

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At a glance

386 pupils · 89% of 436 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21.8% of pupils
Website
http://www.southborough.bromley.sch.uk
URN
151845

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

45 places offered · 42 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry) lived within 0.655 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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