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Hawes Down Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
The Mead, West Wickham BR4 0BA · hdps.org.uk · 020 8639 4600
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 66%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 447
- 94% of 474 places
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 3.8%
- First language not English
- 4.9%
- 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, 36 families put the school first and 36 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 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 67 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 75 | 1.3▲ | 80% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 49 | 49 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 71 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | 0.69 mi1.10 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.59 mi0.95 km | |
The council marks the school as undersubscribed for 2026: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ▲66% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 19 July 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Hawes Down Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 18 Jul 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Feb 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (222 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 222
- 49% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 31 parents (14%) with SEND