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St. Mary Cray Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
High Street, St Mary Cray, Orpington BR5 4AR · st-marycray.bromley.sch.uk · 01689 826081
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 41%
- 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
- 233
- 94% of 248 places
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 34.3%
- First language not English
- 24%
- 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, 19 families put the school first and 28 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 | 28 | 19 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 22 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 18 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 23 | 14 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 19 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 41% 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 | |||
| ▼41% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 April 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for St. Mary Cray Primary Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 25 Apr 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101622), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101622)
What parents said
65% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 65%
- Replies
- 26
- 12% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on the 62% who had a child bullied