Bickley Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · 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)
Bickley Primary School is a primary school in Bromley for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2023. Bromley has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Bickley 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 2.011 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.359 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 55 offers: 0.7 first choices per offer, the 11th lowest of 71 Bromley primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 14 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted rated it Good on 4 May 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bromley, 4 are Outstanding and 4 Good.
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
- Nightingale Lane, Bromley, BR1 2SQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Bromley
- Pupils on roll
- 408 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 May 2023
Strengths
- “This is a very welcoming and happy place to learn.”
- “Pupils respond positively to teachers’ high expectations.”
- “School staff and pupils treat each other with respect and kindness.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, leaders have not identified exactly which key skills, knowledge and understanding they expect pupils to learn from Reception to Year 6.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 2023 (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) | 73% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 41 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.
- La Fontaine Academy 0.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Raglan Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Orion Scotts Park 0.6 mi School remains Good
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Valley Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Shortlands 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published