Harris Primary Academy Kent House
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · London, Bromley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From London Borough of Bromley · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2025 (miles)
Harris Primary Academy Kent House is a primary school in London, Bromley for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 5 May 2022. Bromley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Harris Primary Academy Kent House catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 0.533 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.841 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 28.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 14.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bromley.
- Reception 2026 drew 33 first-choice applications for 59 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 71 Bromley primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2026, 26 Reception offers went to families who ranked it second or lower, and 7 went to families living outside Bromley, who made 29 of the 253 applications (11%).
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bromley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7QR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Bromley
- Pupils on roll
- 394 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 5 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this happy, purposeful learning environment.”
- “Leaders prioritise pupils’ safety by modelling the highest standards of care.”
- “Pupils are safe and say that this is because ‘our teachers are always nearby’.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 72% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 33 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 33 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bromley.
- Alexandra Infant School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Churchfields Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Alexandra Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Balgowan Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stewart Fleming Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published