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Tubbenden Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Sandy Bury, Orpington BR6 9SD · tubbenden.bromley.sch.uk · 01689 851653
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 78%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bromley 71%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Bromley Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 647
- 99% of 654 places
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.8%
- First language not English
- 23.5%
- 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, 38 families put the school first and 55 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 55 | 38 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 52 | 37 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 79 | 62 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 73 | 0.8 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 79 | 0.9 | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% 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 | |||
| ▲78% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Tubbenden Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 May 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 16 May 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (260 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 260
- 37% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied
based on 42 parents (16%) with SEND