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Southborough Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Academy
Southborough Lane, Bromley BR2 8AA · southborough.bromley.sch.uk · 020 8467 2343
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 54%
- 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
- 386
- 89% of 436 places
- Local authority
- Bromley
- Free school meals
- 21.8%
- First language not English
- 9.6%
- 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, 42 families put the school first and 45 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 45 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 35 | 29 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 56 | 40 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 48 | 0.8 | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 87% |
Results
In 2024/25, 54% 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 | |||
| ▼54% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 101601)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 13 February 2020, Ofsted’s outcome for Southborough Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 12 Feb 2020
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101601)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101601), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101601)
Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101601)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (12 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 12
- 3% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on 2 parents (17%) whose child was bullied
based on 1 parent (8%) with SEND