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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 (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21.8% of pupils (January 2026)
Website
http://www.southborough.bromley.sch.uk
URN
151845

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 42 families named it first for 45 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 0.655 miles; distance decided places in 10 of the 16 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 13 February 2020 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

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

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 (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.655 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 65% (Bromley 49%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Bromley 6%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 5% (Bromley 6%, England 4%) · Any other White background 5% (Bromley 11%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Bromley 4%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Bromley 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Bromley 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Bromley 1%, England 5%) · Black African 2% (Bromley 6%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bromley 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Bromley 2%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Bromley 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Bromley 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Bromley 2%, England 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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.1%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.1
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 pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,216; 14.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.1%62.3%
Social housing15%17.1%
Privately rented10.9%20.5%
Detached houses7.2%22.9%
Flats8.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23%21.1%
Households with no car or van16.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000662 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£600,000272 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£512,000–£744,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (39)£950,000
Semi-detached (160)£620,000
Terraced (53)£525,000
Flat (20)£316,500

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 (1.16 km, 2020 entry): 351 sales, median £592,500. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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