Worsley Bridge Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Beckenham, Bromley
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Bromley · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Worsley Bridge Primary School is a primary school in Beckenham, Bromley for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 February 2024. Bromley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Worsley Bridge Primary School 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 25.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 8.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bromley.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, which was also the case at 11 of the 69 other Bromley primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 21 first-choice applications for 37 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 16 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 13% 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
- Worsley Bridge Primary School, Brackley Road, Beckenham, BR3 1RF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bromley
- Pupils on roll
- 324 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 February 2024
Strengths
- “The school is a tight-knit community, where everyone works together to ‘care for the whole child’.”
- “They enter the school gates cheerfully, greeting adults with a smile.”
- “They behave well, are happy and kept safe.”
To improve
- “Ensuring that pupils achieve just as highly in other subjects is a priority for the school, with staff working hard to achieve this aim.”
- “In some instances, however, pupils struggle to make sense of new ideas that they are taught.”
- “This is because teaching has not checked that pupils are secure in the knowledge required to do so.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (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) | 57% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 21 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.
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Alexandra Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alexandra Junior School 0.9 mi Not judged
- Balgowan Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Kent House 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Clare House Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Beckenham 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published