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Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Lovibonds Avenue, Orpington BR6 8ER · darrickwoodinfant.co.uk · 01689 857278
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Bromley Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 314
- 90% of 348 places
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 8.9%
- First language not English
- 19.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bromley Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 67 families put the school first and 86 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 86 | 67 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 87 | 87 | 1 | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 69 | 62 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 81 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 87 | 75 | 0.9 | 99% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2025 | 1.85 mi2.98 km | |
The council marks the school as undersubscribed for 2024 and 2026: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Ofsted
Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 5 December 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 5 Dec 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2009
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Jan 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (51 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 51
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied