Secondary · BR6 · Orpington

Newstead Wood School

Avebury Road, Orpington, BR6 9SA

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OfstedOutstanding

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedOutstanding
Attendance (2024/25)97%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 82.8
Roll vs capacityNot compared: roll is above published capacity
Pupils1347

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Outstanding

Report published 17 Mar 2022.

Inspection history

  • Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BR6. Where we have them, council (Bromley) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1347
Free school meals
5.6%
12% below district average (17.6%)

Also: Bromley 16.8% · England 25.8%

SEN
9.4%
15.5% below district average (24.9%)

Also: Bromley 16.2% · England 16.5%

EAL
23.5%
3% above district average (20.5%)
Attendance
97% Autumn and spring 2024/25
3.3% above district average (93.7%)

Also: Bromley 93% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BR6 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is from 2023/24, the latest year published for this school. There is no Progress 8 for 2024/25 or 2025/26, because those pupils did not sit Key Stage 2 tests during the pandemic. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

3.3%

18.6% below England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

+1.05

1.05 above England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

82.8

36.7 above England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

100%

54.6% above England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

100%

35.2% above England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

74.4%

33.9% above England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

7.89

3.8 above England (4.09)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 322 families put this school first. 173 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
322
First-preference offers
173
First preferences offered a place
53.7%
Total offers
190
Named on any preference
636

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Not compared: roll is above published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
955
Pupils on roll
1347

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Bromley page.

SEN support

SEN %
9.4%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Newstead Wood School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in BR6 · Schools in Bromley

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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