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Red Hill Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Red Hill, Chislehurst BR7 6DA · redhill.bromley.sch.uk · 020 8467 6933
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- 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
- 663
- 95% of 698 places
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 15.1%
- First language not English
- 17.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Pioneer Academy
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, 82 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 | 82 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 84 | 82 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 91 | 1▲ | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 87 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 93 | 1▲ | 87% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 1.08 mi1.73 km | |
The council marks the school as undersubscribed for 2025 and 2026: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% 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 | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101604)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Red Hill Primary School was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 8 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Sept 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (80 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 80
- 12% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 94% who raised concerns
based on 5 parents (6%) whose child was bullied
based on 18 parents (23%) with SEND