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Balgowan Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Balgowan Road, Beckenham BR3 4HJ · balgowan.bromley.sch.uk · 020 8658 6374
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bromley 71%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.47 mi
- 0.75 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Bromley Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 632
- 97% of 654 places
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 4.3%
- First language not English
- 25.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.47 mi (750 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.69 mi (1.11 km). Source: Bromley Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 101 families put the school first and 90 places were offered; 87% 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 | 90 | 101 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 90 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 120 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 122 | 1.4▲ | 70% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 119 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.47 mi0.75 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.69 mi1.11 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.33 mi0.54 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 21% the higher standard. Across Bromley it was 71%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ▲21% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Balgowan Primary School on 1 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 1 Apr 2025
- 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: Improving, ungraded inspection, May 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (193 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 193
- 31% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied
based on 31 parents (16%) with SEND