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Unicorn Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Creswell Drive, Beckenham BR3 3AL · unicornprimaryschool.org · 020 8658 0282
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 415
- 92% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 7%
- First language not English
- 15.4%
- 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, 42 families put the school first and 52 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 | 52 | 42 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 48 | 0.8 | 98% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2025 | 3.93 mi6.33 km | |
The council marks the school as undersubscribed for 2024 and 2026: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% 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 | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Unicorn Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 September 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jul 2024 found: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 16 Jul 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (82 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 82
- 19% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (27%) with SEND