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La Fontaine Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
Nightingale Lane, Bickley, Bromley BR1 2SQ · lafontaineacademy.org · 020 8353 4160
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 92%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bromley 71%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.03 mi
- 1.66 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Bromley Council
- Demand for places
- 1.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 492
- 78% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 10%
- First language not English
- 27.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Step Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.03 mi (1.66 km) from the school. Source: Bromley Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 135 families put the school first and 90 places were offered; 65% 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 | 135 | 1.5▲ | 65% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 86 | 75 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 78 | 69 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 33 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 69 | 49 | 0.7 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.03 mi1.66 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
The council marks the school as undersubscribed for 2024 and 2025: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 92% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 24% 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 | |||
| ▲92% | 62% | ||
| ▲24% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
La Fontaine Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 26 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 26 Jun 2024
- 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, Mar 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (120 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 120
- 31% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (16%) with SEND