Orion Mead Road
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–7 · Chislehurst, Bromley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.071 miles
Published by London Borough of Bromley · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Orion Mead Road is a primary school in Chislehurst, Bromley for ages 4–7 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 November 2023. Bromley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Orion Mead Road 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 | 4.071 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 1.114 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.917 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 4.071 miles away, the longest of 20 Bromley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance was further in 2026 than in 2025 and 2024, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 24 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 23 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 8.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 15.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bromley.
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
- Mead Road Infant School, Mead Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6AD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bromley
- Pupils on roll
- 82 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils and staff are very proud to be part of the Mead Road family.”
- “School life is underpinned by the school’s core values of determination, pride and curiosity.”
- “Staff use every opportunity to promote and celebrate pupils demonstrating these values.”
To improve
- “However, for some of the wider curriculum subjects, these are not as clear as they need to be.”
- “As a result, sometimes, in these lessons, the focus on the knowledge and skills pupils need to learn is not as strong.”
- “In turn, pupils are remembering the activities they have completed rather than the core learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 24 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 23 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.
- Red Hill Primary School 0.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Edgebury Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Orion Ravensworth 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elmstead Wood Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Midfield Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published