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Marian Vian Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Shirley Crescent, Elmers End, Beckenham BR3 4AZ · marianvianprimaryschool.org · 020 8658 6524
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 83%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 634
- 4 over 630 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 18.1%
- First language not English
- 15.9%
- 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, 75 families put the school first and 88 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 | 88 | 75 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 91 | 1▲ | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 86 | 70 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 81 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 75 | 55 | 0.7 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2025 | 1.36 mi2.18 km | |
The council marks the school as undersubscribed for 2024 and 2026: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% 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 | |||
| ▲83% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 June 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Marian Vian Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 21 Jun 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (163 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 163
- 27% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (14%) with SEND