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Orion Mead Road
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Sponsored academy
Mead Road Infant School, Mead Road, Chislehurst BR7 6AD · orionmeadroad.org.uk · 020 8467 1730
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Last distance offered
- 4.07 mi
- 6.55 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Bromley Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 82
- 91% of 90 places
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 8.5%
- First language not English
- 17.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Orion Education
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 4.07 mi (6.55 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.11 mi (1.79 km). Source: Bromley Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 24 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 96% 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 | 29 | 24 | 0.8 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 41 | 1.4▲ | 59% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 4.07 mi6.55 km | |
| September 2025 | 1.11 mi1.79 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.92 mi1.48 km | |
Ofsted
Orion Mead Road was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 1 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2009
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101603), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2009Outstanding
Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101603)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (37 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 37
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied